English grammar practiceLongman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1862 - 264 pages |
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... night draws near . The robbers were res- cued . The judge took a long journey . Six pounds of flax will be wanted . Philip shot three pheasants . His nephew looked ghastly pale . SYLLABLES . A syllable is that division of a word which ...
... night draws near . The robbers were res- cued . The judge took a long journey . Six pounds of flax will be wanted . Philip shot three pheasants . His nephew looked ghastly pale . SYLLABLES . A syllable is that division of a word which ...
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... night there arose a violent storm . Some of the houses in London were unroofed . Have you ever been in Switzerland ? The Duke of Wellington commanded the British army at Waterloo . I received a letter from my cousin . Richard I. went on ...
... night there arose a violent storm . Some of the houses in London were unroofed . Have you ever been in Switzerland ? The Duke of Wellington commanded the British army at Waterloo . I received a letter from my cousin . Richard I. went on ...
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... night . By ( these , or this ? ) means he accomplished his purpose . Great pains ( was , or were ? ) taken with this task . Such amends as he can make ( are , or is ? ) sufficient for the occasion . The gallows ( were , or was ...
... night . By ( these , or this ? ) means he accomplished his purpose . Great pains ( was , or were ? ) taken with this task . Such amends as he can make ( are , or is ? ) sufficient for the occasion . The gallows ( were , or was ...
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... night . This is the night we have had this It was the sight I ever witnessed . He is man than his brother . She gave him the tap with her fan . The serpent was the beast of the field . Nothing can be . - . This is the night I ever spent ...
... night . This is the night we have had this It was the sight I ever witnessed . He is man than his brother . She gave him the tap with her fan . The serpent was the beast of the field . Nothing can be . - . This is the night I ever spent ...
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... night than the one given on Tuesday . man is the who has the man in the village . wants . IRREGULAR COMPARISONS . That He is the Many adjectives in common use have irregular comparatives and superlatives ; such are , Pos . Comp . bad ...
... night than the one given on Tuesday . man is the who has the man in the village . wants . IRREGULAR COMPARISONS . That He is the Many adjectives in common use have irregular comparatives and superlatives ; such are , Pos . Comp . bad ...
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Page 250 - tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly. If the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch With his surcease success; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, We'd jump the life to come.
Page 242 - MUCH have I travell'd in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and kingdoms seen ; Round many western islands have I been Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold. Oft of one wide expanse had I been told That deep-brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne ; Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold : Then felt I like some watcher of the skies When a new planet swims into his ken ; Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific — and all his...
Page 248 - Say, father Thames ! for thou hast seen Full many a sprightly race, Disporting on thy margent green The paths of pleasure trace...
Page 251 - This pencil take (she said), whose colors clear Richly paint the vernal year: Thine too these golden keys, immortal boy! This can unlock the gates of joy; Of horror that, and thrilling fears, Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.
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Page 248 - Shylock, we would have moneys:' you say so; You, that did void your rheum upon my beard, And foot me as you spurn a stranger cur Over your threshold; moneys is your suit. What should I say to you? Should I not say 'Hath a dog money? is it possible A cur can lend three thousand ducats?
Page 22 - An Outline of the necessary Laws of Thought : A Treatise on Pure and Applied Logic.
Page 236 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty ; Thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair ; Thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sit'st above these Heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 241 - And breathes three amorous sighs to raise the fire. Then prostrate falls, and begs with ardent eyes Soon to obtain, and long possess the prize : The Powers gave ear, and granted half his prayer, The rest the winds dispersed in empty air. But now secure the painted vessel glides, The sun-beams trembling on the floating tides: While melting music steals upon the sky, And softened sounds along the waters die; Smooth flow the waves, the zephyrs gently play, Belinda smiled, and all the world was gay.