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... single action of my life , where the popularity of the times ever had the smallest influence on my determinations . I thank God I have a more permanent and steady rule for my conduct - the dictates of my own breast . Those that have ...
... single action of my life , where the popularity of the times ever had the smallest influence on my determinations . I thank God I have a more permanent and steady rule for my conduct - the dictates of my own breast . Those that have ...
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... single stroke of the voice , and a mere opening of the mouth in a particular manner : these are called vowel or vocal sounds . On the contrary , others require the application and use of the several parts of the mouth , as the teeth ...
... single stroke of the voice , and a mere opening of the mouth in a particular manner : these are called vowel or vocal sounds . On the contrary , others require the application and use of the several parts of the mouth , as the teeth ...
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... single vowel sounds . The blending together of two vowel sounds in the same syllable is called a diphthong . When both vowels are sounded , they are called a proper diphthong , but when only one of the vowels is sounded , they are ...
... single vowel sounds . The blending together of two vowel sounds in the same syllable is called a diphthong . When both vowels are sounded , they are called a proper diphthong , but when only one of the vowels is sounded , they are ...
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... single sounds , for which there are no corre- sponding single letters . Sometimes the consonants are simply divided into ' Mute consonants ' and ' Liquid consonants . ' According to this classification both the mutes and the semivowels ...
... single sounds , for which there are no corre- sponding single letters . Sometimes the consonants are simply divided into ' Mute consonants ' and ' Liquid consonants . ' According to this classification both the mutes and the semivowels ...
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... single letters to represent several of the single sounds of the language ; namely : - The sound of th as in thing th 99 sh 99 99 دو then shine ng " song It is deficient also in not having separate letters to re- present the several ...
... single letters to represent several of the single sounds of the language ; namely : - The sound of th as in thing th 99 sh 99 99 دو then shine ng " song It is deficient also in not having separate letters to re- present the several ...
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action adjectives adverbs alphabet anapæstic Anglo-Saxon antecedent Born A.D. cæsura called classification common noun compound conditional mood conjunction consonant definite article denote derived Died diphthong divided ellipsis English Grammar English Language Etymology EXERCISE express feet French Give an example Give examples govern Gram hath Iamb iambic imperative mood infinitive mood inflection interjection intransitive John kind king Latin learned letters Lord meaning mutes nominative NOTE noun or pronoun objective Orthoepy Orthography parsing passive participle past tense personal pronouns phrases Plur plural number poem poet poetry possessive preceding prefixes preposition present tense principal proper prose QUESTIONS FOR EXAMINATION reign relation relative pronoun rhyme rule Saxon semivowels sentence signifies Sing singular number sometimes specimen speech superlative syllable Syntax termination thee thing third person thou tion tive transitive verb triphthong trochaic trochee unaccented verse vowel vowel sounds William write written
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Página 254 - Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the muses haunt Clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill...
Página 42 - That God and nature put into our hands!" I know not what ideas that lord may entertain of God and nature, but I know that such abominable principles are equally abhorrent to religion and humanity. What ! to attribute the sacred sanction of God and nature to the massacres of the Indian scalpingknife...
Página 78 - That, with the hurly," death itself awakes ? Can'st thou, O partial sleep ! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude ; And in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Página 33 - Since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? Before the sun, Before the Heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite.
Página 117 - The spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great original proclaim. The unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an Almighty hand.
Página 308 - Angels and ministers of grace defend us! Be thou a spirit of health or goblin damn'd, Bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell, Be thy intents wicked or charitable, Thou com'st in such a questionable shape, That I will speak to thee: I'll call thee Hamlet, King, father, royal Dane, O, answer me!
Página 41 - For it irritates, to an incurable resentment, the minds of your enemies — to overrun them with the mercenary sons of rapine and plunder ; devoting them and their possessions to the rapacity of hireling cruelty ! If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never, never, never.
Página 39 - The atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has, with such spirit and decency, charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny; but content myself with wishing that I may be one of those whose follies may cease with their youth, and not of that number who are ignorant in spite of experience.
Página 250 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Página 42 - My Lords, I am old and weak, and at present unable to say more; but my feelings and indignation were too strong- to have said less. I could not have slept this night in my bed, nor reposed my head on my pillow, without giving this vent to my eternal abhorrence of such preposterous and enormous principles.