Grammar of English Grammars, Etc1863 - 318 páginas |
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... the case of each : — ' Good name , in man and woman , dear my lord , Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse , steals trash — ' t is something , nothing , " Twas mine , ' tis his , and has been slave to thousands ; But ...
... the case of each : — ' Good name , in man and woman , dear my lord , Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse , steals trash — ' t is something , nothing , " Twas mine , ' tis his , and has been slave to thousands ; But ...
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accent action adjectives adverbs agree alliteration answer antecedent applied arrangement beginning Born called comes common comparative compound conjunction connected considered consists consonant contains correct denote derived Died distinguished divided ending English Grammar English language example EXERCISE express falling feet four frequently gender Give Give an example govern iambic iambus infinitive inflection John kind king Latin learned letters lines Lord meaning measure mood Name nature never nominative NOTE objective participle passage past tense person phrase Plur plural poem poet poetry positive possessive preceding preposition present principal pronoun proper question relation relative REMARKS require respect rhyme rule Saxon sense sentence separate short signifies simple Sing single singular sometimes sound speak speech syllable term termination thing thou transitive trochaic verb verse voice vowel words 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.