Complete English Grammar for the Use of SchoolsGall and Inglis, 1882 - 124 páginas |
Palavras e frases frequentes
active voice adjective adverbial sentences adverbs apply the rules auxiliary broke brother Cæsar called common noun complete tense complex sentence conjugation conjunctions consonant Correct the syntax Correct where necessary dare English Enlargement expressed eyes father feminine following exercise following sentences formed by adding gave gender gerund give hand hear horse IMPERATIVE MOOD Incomplete Indefinite INDICATIVE MOOD indirect object infinitive mood inflection John king loved Masc moon Name nominative NOTE:-In Noun sentence o'er Parse the words passive voice Past Participle Past Tense person or thing personal pronouns phrase Plur Plural Poss possessive predicate preposition Present Tense principal reflexive pronouns relative pronoun rose shining simple sentences sing Singular sister sleep snow speak spoke stand struck subjunctive mood subordinate sentence syllable tell thee tion transitive verb tree verb vowel weep wind words in italics Write
Passagens conhecidas
Página 94 - And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor: And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted — nevermore...
Página 121 - And rouse him at the name of Crispian. He, that shall live this day, and see old age, Will yearly on the vigil feast his friends, And say — to-morrow is Saint Crispian : Then will he strip his sleeve, and show his scars, And say, these wounds I had on Crispin's day.
Página 96 - The bride kissed the goblet : the knight took it up, He quaffed off the wine, and he threw down the cup. She looked down to blush, and she looked up to sigh, With a smile on her lips and a tear in her eye. He took her soft hand, ere her mother could bar, 'Now tread we a measure !
Página 52 - Trust not for freedom to the Franks They have a king who buys and sells; In native swords, and native ranks, The only hope of courage dwells: But Turkish force, and Latin fraud, Would break your shield, however broad.
Página 101 - Do you question the young children in the sorrow Why their tears are falling so ? The old man may weep for his to-morrow Which is lost in Long Ago ; The old tree is leafless in the forest, The old year is ending in the frost, The old wound, if stricken, is the sorest, The old hope is hardest to be lost...
Página 36 - And licked the soup from the cook's own ladles, Split open the kegs of salted sprats, Made nests inside men's Sunday hats, And even spoiled the women's chats, By drowning their speaking With shrieking and squeaking In fifty different sharps and flats.
Página 124 - Old Kaspar took it from the boy, Who stood expectant by; And then the old man shook his head, And with a natural sigh, ' Tis some poor fellow's skull,' said he, 'Who fell in the great victory.
Página 100 - And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Página 100 - FAINTLY as tolls the evening chime Our voices keep tune and our oars keep time. Soon as the woods on shore look dim, We'll sing at St Ann's our parting hymn...
Página 100 - Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.