An Analysis of the English Language, Or, The Elements of Sentences in Their Forms, Combinations, and Relations: With Methods for Determining Their Grammatical, Logical, and Rhetorical Uses : Designed for the Higher Grades of SchoolsCowperthwait & Company, 1874 - 323 էջ |
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... never studied grammar . Let the beginner commence with Chapter II . General Divisions of Discourse . 1. Language is the medium through which we communi- cate our thoughts . 2. Discourse is a continued series of thoughts , each expressed ...
... never studied grammar . Let the beginner commence with Chapter II . General Divisions of Discourse . 1. Language is the medium through which we communi- cate our thoughts . 2. Discourse is a continued series of thoughts , each expressed ...
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... never dead to us until we have forgotten them . Be silent that you may hear . The gay will laugh when thou art gone . every sound was hushed . I know why you lent the umbrella . When he rose , 32. There are two kinds or orders of ...
... never dead to us until we have forgotten them . Be silent that you may hear . The gay will laugh when thou art gone . every sound was hushed . I know why you lent the umbrella . When he rose , 32. There are two kinds or orders of ...
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... never used in a simple sentence . Notice , also , that when the noun means more than one , or stands for a male ; female , or neither , the pronoun takes a form to represent these distinctions . 73. Which of the following nouns are ...
... never used in a simple sentence . Notice , also , that when the noun means more than one , or stands for a male ; female , or neither , the pronoun takes a form to represent these distinctions . 73. Which of the following nouns are ...
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... never become the subject of a sentence , though it may be the subject of a de- pendent proposition . Hence the relative pronoun , though representing a sub- stantive , cannot be considered in this connection . 112. A noun of the first ...
... never become the subject of a sentence , though it may be the subject of a de- pendent proposition . Hence the relative pronoun , though representing a sub- stantive , cannot be considered in this connection . 112. A noun of the first ...
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... never fulfilled ? ( b . ) In the use of collective nouns as subjects , consider whether you intend to take the whole group as one object , or as composed of individuals , and form the predicate accordingly . Say , The assembly is in ...
... never fulfilled ? ( b . ) In the use of collective nouns as subjects , consider whether you intend to take the whole group as one object , or as composed of individuals , and form the predicate accordingly . Say , The assembly is in ...
Common terms and phrases
abridged abstract according to Rule action adjective clause adjective element adverbial clauses adverbial element affirmed Analyze the following Analyzing and Parsing applies apposition attribute auxiliary become Cæsar called clauses denoting co-ordinate conjunctions combination compd complex element complex predicate complex sentence compound element compound sentence conjunctive adverbs connected construction contains copula copulative verb effect ellipsis Ex.-The expression following sentences Future Perfect Tense gender give grammatical hearer hence horse indirect object infinitive interrogative language limited logical loved meaning mind modified nominative noun or pronoun Observe participle Past Tense Perf Perfect Tense person or thing Phrases Denoting Plur plural possessive Present Perfect Tense Present Tense principal clause prog proposition relative pronoun represents rhetorical second class simple sentence Sing singular number speaker subjunctive subordinate clause subordinate elements substantive clause symbols term third class third person thou thought and feeling transitive verb trees
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Էջ 220 - Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came.
Էջ 295 - IT is a beauteous evening, calm and free ; The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration...
Էջ 190 - As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honour him; but, as he was ambitious, I slew him.
Էջ 224 - Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate : 'To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods...
Էջ 268 - Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Էջ 217 - Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honor's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death?
Էջ 245 - The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me, That my soul cannot resist; A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles the rain.
Էջ 224 - Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again; The eternal years of God are hers; But Error, wounded, writhes in pain, And dies among his worshippers.
Էջ 263 - In order to this, let no good man travel at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end of the Sabbath, even to get home to his family.
Էջ 208 - Cannon in front of them Volleyed and thundered ; Stormed at with shot and shell, Boldly they rode and well ; — Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of Hell, Rode the six hundred.