A Practical Grammar of the English LanguageJohn P. Morton & Company, 1846 - 254 pages Series title on front cover. |
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... Lord .lady . Bull . cow . Nephew ..niece . Bullock or steer . heifer . Sir madam . Dog bitch . Sloven .slut . Drake duck . Uncle aunt . Friar [ monk ] ... nun . Wizard ..witch . Gander ..... goose . To this class belong the following ...
... Lord .lady . Bull . cow . Nephew ..niece . Bullock or steer . heifer . Sir madam . Dog bitch . Sloven .slut . Drake duck . Uncle aunt . Friar [ monk ] ... nun . Wizard ..witch . Gander ..... goose . To this class belong the following ...
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... lord , master , candle , scissors , lamp , fire , tongs , Jewess , priestess , goose , watch , clock , wisdom , whiteness , cousin , parent . 3. Tell the gender of each of the nouns in the exercises on pages 15 , 16 , and 17 . CASE ...
... lord , master , candle , scissors , lamp , fire , tongs , Jewess , priestess , goose , watch , clock , wisdom , whiteness , cousin , parent . 3. Tell the gender of each of the nouns in the exercises on pages 15 , 16 , and 17 . CASE ...
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... Lord loveth he chasteneth . Whom God wishes to destroy , he first makes mad . Whom he will he hardeneth . There are who put their trust in riches . Who worship God shall find him . " This day have I begot , whom I declare My only Son ...
... Lord loveth he chasteneth . Whom God wishes to destroy , he first makes mad . Whom he will he hardeneth . There are who put their trust in riches . Who worship God shall find him . " This day have I begot , whom I declare My only Son ...
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... Lord's death till he come . " - English Bible . " Till thou return . " - Watts . " Before it come to pass ; " " Before the cock crow . " - English Bible . This " conjunctive form " in such cases , however , is excluded by the definition ...
... Lord's death till he come . " - English Bible . " Till thou return . " - Watts . " Before it come to pass ; " " Before the cock crow . " - English Bible . This " conjunctive form " in such cases , however , is excluded by the definition ...
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... Lord Bacon gives the name participle to those pro- ductions which seem to form a connecting link between the animal and vegetable kingdoms . " The participles or confiners between plants and living creatures are such chiefly as are ...
... Lord Bacon gives the name participle to those pro- ductions which seem to form a connecting link between the animal and vegetable kingdoms . " The participles or confiners between plants and living creatures are such chiefly as are ...
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accented action active voice adjuncts anapestic antecedent apple apposition auxiliary perfect participle beautiful belong Cæsar called comma common noun compound connected consonant correct defective verb denote dependent clause English expressed feet feminine finite verb flowers following sentences Future Perfect FUTURE PERFECT TENSE George grammatical predicate grammatical subject happy heaven horse IMPERATIVE MOOD imperfect INDICATIVE MOOD infinitive mood interjections interrogative intransitive king language letter limiting adjective live Lord loved masculine meaning modified neuter noun or pronoun o'er object participial noun passive participle passive voice Past Perfect past tense pause person singular plural possessive termination POTENTIAL MOOD preceding predicate nominative preposition PRESENT PERFECT TENSE PRESENT TENSE proper refer relative pronoun Remark Rule xii singular number sound subjunctive subjunctive mood superlative sweet syllable Tell thee thing third person thou tive transitive verb virtue vowel wish words write written
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Page 192 - Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth; And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny; and youth is vain; And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain.
Page 232 - Live while you live, the Epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live while you live, the sacred Preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.
Page 227 - Never, never more, shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom.
Page 194 - His spear, — to equal which, the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand...
Page 241 - Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come, and trip it as you go, On the light fantastic toe; And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain-nymph, sweet Liberty; And, if I give thee honor due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free...
Page 248 - How small , of all that human hearts endure , That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Page 243 - I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn on the alder bough ; I brought him home, in his nest, at even ; He sings the song, but it pleases not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky; — He sang to my ear, — they sang to my eye.
Page 230 - AT midnight, in his guarded tent, The Turk was dreaming of the hour When Greece, her knee in suppliance bent, Should tremble at his power ; In dreams, through camp and court, he bore The trophies of a conqueror ; In dreams his song of triumph heard. Then wore his monarch's signet ring, Then pressed that monarch's throne — a King ; As wild his thoughts, and gay of wing, As Eden's garden bird.
Page 250 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men ; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell...
Page 221 - It is the generous Spirit, who, when brought Among the tasks of real life, hath wrought Upon the plan that pleased his boyish thought: Whose high endeavours are an inward light That makes the path before him always bright...