Longmans' School CompositionLongmans, Green, and Company, 1890 - 305 էջ |
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... thought the field of death surveyed To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid Inspired repulsed battalions to engage And taught the doubtful battle where to rage . 40. A participial phrase is generally marked off by commas ; The general ...
... thought the field of death surveyed To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid Inspired repulsed battalions to engage And taught the doubtful battle where to rage . 40. A participial phrase is generally marked off by commas ; The general ...
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... thought he could write a good fable mentioned the simplicity which that kind of compo- sition requires and observed that in most fables the animals introduced seldom talk in character ' for instance ' said he , ' the fable of the little ...
... thought he could write a good fable mentioned the simplicity which that kind of compo- sition requires and observed that in most fables the animals introduced seldom talk in character ' for instance ' said he , ' the fable of the little ...
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... thought The boy will be here soon . Tom broke in with You do not know whom I mean . He will soon be back continued Mr. Brooke . Remember the proverb Small strokes fell great oaks . Pro- voking scoundrel muttered the antiquary . Out with ...
... thought The boy will be here soon . Tom broke in with You do not know whom I mean . He will soon be back continued Mr. Brooke . Remember the proverb Small strokes fell great oaks . Pro- voking scoundrel muttered the antiquary . Out with ...
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... thought Tacks was a burglar . Capital house dog ! murmured the colonel ; I shall never forget how he made poor Heavisides run . Cloudy , sir , said the colonel , cloudy ; rain before morning , I think . I don't see the dog I began ; I ...
... thought Tacks was a burglar . Capital house dog ! murmured the colonel ; I shall never forget how he made poor Heavisides run . Cloudy , sir , said the colonel , cloudy ; rain before morning , I think . I don't see the dog I began ; I ...
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... thought it beneath him to be civil to those whom he called the common people one wet day he was driving in his gig along a turnpike road when he came to the toll gate he called out what's to pay eightpence if you please sir said the ...
... thought it beneath him to be civil to those whom he called the common people one wet day he was driving in his gig along a turnpike road when he came to the toll gate he called out what's to pay eightpence if you please sir said the ...
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Adjective Adverbial Clause Adverbs answered asked battle of Waterloo beautiful birds brother Brown Cæsar called child commas composition Correct the following Crown 8vo death English example Exercise father Finite Verbs following sentences French friends Gallic War girl give golden axe Grammar Hare Hatch head hear heard honour horse James Whale Julius Cæsar king lady language Latin letter Lion lived London look Lord means mind never Notes for Teachers Noun Object omitted once Participial Phrase Participle person Plural poor Predicate Preposition present punishment qualified Re-arrange Relative Clause Relative Pronoun rule seen sent Singular sister soldier speak story Subject Subjunctive Mood tell Tense thee thing thou thought tired town truth Verb walk words write written young
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Էջ 26 - Go, wondrous creature! mount where Science guides, Go, measure earth, weigh air, and state the tides; Instruct the planets in what orbs to run, Correct old Time, and regulate the sun; Go, soar with Plato to th...
Էջ 29 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Էջ 103 - The seat of desolation, void of light, Save what the glimmering of these livid flames Casts pale and dreadful? Thither let us tend From off the tossing of these fiery waves; There rest, if any rest can...
Էջ 56 - I'll meet the raging of the skies, But not an angry father." The boat has left a stormy land, A stormy sea before her — When, oh ! too strong for human hand, The tempest gathered o'er her.
Էջ 48 - When my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry
Էջ 50 - And shouted but once more aloud, "My father! must I stay?" While o'er him fast, through sail and shroud, The wreathing fires made way. They...
Էջ 164 - The sky is changed! — and such a change! Oh, night, And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet, lovely in your strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman! Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder!
Էջ 115 - As long as you have the wisdom to keep the sovereign authority of this country as the sanctuary of liberty, the sacred temple consecrated to our common faith, wherever the chosen race and sons of England worship Freedom, they will turn their faces toward you.
Էջ 23 - He has often told me, that at his coming to his estate he found his parishioners very irregular : and that in order to make them kneel, and join in the responses...
Էջ 279 - The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally true; by the philosopher, as equally false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful.