A Practical Grammar of the English LanguageVan Antwerp, Bragg & Company, 1878 - 272 páginas |
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A Practical Grammar of the English Language: For the Use of Schools of Every ... Thomas Wadleigh Harvey Visualização integral - 1868 |
A Practical Grammar of the English Language: For the Use of Schools of Every ... Thomas Wadleigh Harvey Visualização integral - 1868 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
accented active voice adjective element adverb adverbial element affirmed Amphibrach Anapestic Ans.-Because Ans.-It Ans.-They antecedent apples apposition belongs called capital letters Caution clause commas complex compound Conj conjunctions connected copula declarative denotes dependent clauses elementary sounds EXERCISES expressed following sentences FUTURE PERFECT TENSE grammar horse Iambic imperative mode indicative mode John lesson limiting loved masculine gender meaning MODELS FOR PARSING modified Monometer nominative absolute noun or pronoun object omitted ORDER OF PARSING participial noun PAST TENSE perfect participle Personal Pronouns phrase plural number Poss possessive POTENTIAL MODE predicate prefixing Prep PRESENT PERFECT TENSE PRESENT TENSE principal pronominal adjective proposition relative pronoun represent Rule XII simple sing singular number sometimes subjunctive SUBJUNCTIVE MODE subordinate syllable thee thing third person thou tive transitive verb Trimeter Trochaic vowel wise words Write seven sentences
Passagens conhecidas
Página 252 - This it is and nothing more." Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer, " Sir," said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore; But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping, And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure I heard you "—here I opened wide the door.
Página 190 - WHEN Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night. And set the stars of glory there. She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure celestial white With streakings of the morning light; Then from his mansion in the sun She called her eagle bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land.
Página 230 - So we were left galloping, Joris and I, Past Looz and past Tongres, no cloud in the sky; The broad sun above laughed a pitiless laugh, 'Neath our feet broke the brittle, bright stubble like chaff; Till over by Dalhem a dome-spire sprang white, And "Gallop," gasped Joris, "for Aix is in sight!
Página 264 - Works in the secret deep ; shoots steaming thence The fair profusion that o'erspreads the spring ; Flings from the sun direct the flaming day ; Feeds every creature ; hurls the tempest forth, And, as on earth this grateful change revolves, With transport touches all the springs of life. Nature, attend ! join, every living soul Beneath the spacious temple of the sky, In adoration join ; and ardent raise One general song ! To Him, ye vocal gales, Breathe soft, whose spirit in your freshness breathes.
Página 134 - The Niobe of nations, — there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe ; An empty urn within her withered hands, Whose holy dust was scattered long ago ; The Scipios...
Página 71 - So shalt thou rest, and what if thou withdraw In silence from the living, and no friend Take note of thy departure ? All that breathe Will share thy destiny. The gay will laugh When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one as before will chase His favorite phantom ; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee.
Página 62 - For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves : but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.
Página 190 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place.
Página 263 - Under the greenwood tree Who loves to lie with me, And tune his merry note Unto the sweet bird's throat — Come hither, come hither, come hither! Here shall he see No enemy But winter and rough weather. Who doth ambition shun And loves to live i' the sun, Seeking the food he eats And pleased with what he gets — Come hither, come hither, come hither!
Página 240 - Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand, and my heart, to this vote.