An Elementary Grammar of the English LanguageIvison, Phinney, Blakeman, 1868 - 164 páginas |
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... sounds be reduced ? To a small number of simple sounds , which are made intelligible to the eye , as well as to the ear , by means of certain marks called letters . Language thus becomes both spoken and written . What is a letter ? A ...
... sounds be reduced ? To a small number of simple sounds , which are made intelligible to the eye , as well as to the ear , by means of certain marks called letters . Language thus becomes both spoken and written . What is a letter ? A ...
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... sound only ; a consonant is a letter that generally denotes a contact of some of the organs of speech . Which are the vowels ? A , e , i , o , u , and sometimes w and y . W or y is a consonant , only when it is followed by a vowel sound ...
... sound only ; a consonant is a letter that generally denotes a contact of some of the organs of speech . Which are the vowels ? A , e , i , o , u , and sometimes w and y . W or y is a consonant , only when it is followed by a vowel sound ...
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... sounds of letters and syllables , and of accent . The word is derived from the Latin words pro , forth , and nuncius , a messenger ; uttering forth aloud . Orthography treats of the forms of letters , and of spelling . From the Greek ...
... sounds of letters and syllables , and of accent . The word is derived from the Latin words pro , forth , and nuncius , a messenger ; uttering forth aloud . Orthography treats of the forms of letters , and of spelling . From the Greek ...
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... sound . Ex . - The soldiers ' camp . For conscience ' sake . A singular noun ending with an s - sound , should generally have the apostrophe and s ; as , " Dennis's Works . " - Pope . " Louis's reign . " — Macaulay . " Charles's affairs ...
... sound . Ex . - The soldiers ' camp . For conscience ' sake . A singular noun ending with an s - sound , should generally have the apostrophe and s ; as , " Dennis's Works . " - Pope . " Louis's reign . " — Macaulay . " Charles's affairs ...
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... sound . Ex . - An article , an enemy , an inch , an urn , an hour , an honor . Exercises . The article , and why ; whether definite or indefinite , and why ; and to what it belongs - A The roses in the garden . The rose is a beautiful ...
... sound . Ex . - An article , an enemy , an inch , an urn , an hour , an honor . Exercises . The article , and why ; whether definite or indefinite , and why ; and to what it belongs - A The roses in the garden . The rose is a beautiful ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
abridged according to Rule adjective adjunct adverb affirmed agree apple apposition beautiful belongs called case-it collective noun comma common noun complex compound conjunctions connected copula degree denotes dependent clause elements entire predicate entire subject Exercises express the act finite verb flowers grammar grammarians horse imperative mood Incorrect independent indicative mood infinitive phrase interjections interrogative intransitive irregular verb James John language learned modified neuter gender nominative noun or pronoun nouns and pronouns object parsed passive past perfect participle person and number Pluperfect plural number possessive potential mood predicate-verb present infinitive Preterit principal proper proposition referred relative pronoun river rose Rule XI Second Person sense simple sentence singular number sometimes speak subject-nominative subjunctive subjunctive mood superlative syllable taken taking tense thing third person thou transitive verb tree word that supplies write written
Passagens conhecidas
Página 131 - Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds ; Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign.
Página 132 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Página 134 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Página 14 - Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss ; Ah, that maternal smile, it answers yes...
Página 134 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favorite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; "The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Página 132 - Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death?
Página 132 - Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, ' If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
Página 133 - For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind...
Página 145 - ... if thou art a lover, and hast ever given one unmerited pang to that true heart which now lies cold and still beneath thy feet, — then be sure that every unkind look, every ungracious word, every ungentle action will come thronging back upon thy memory and knocking dolefully at thy soul...
Página 133 - Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne. And shut the gates of mercy on mankind, The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame.