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... things at the same time . It is scarcely necessary to apologise for the etymological portion of the volume , as a knowledge of prefixes and affixes has a close connexion with accurate and in- telligent spelling . The Compiler has ...
... things at the same time . It is scarcely necessary to apologise for the etymological portion of the volume , as a knowledge of prefixes and affixes has a close connexion with accurate and in- telligent spelling . The Compiler has ...
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... was no q ; but th was represented by p for its force in think ; for its force in thing . As in the older English Alphabet , j and v were forms of i and w . PART II . OF WORDS . The second part of 4 SYLLABLES . The Complex Sentence,
... was no q ; but th was represented by p for its force in think ; for its force in thing . As in the older English Alphabet , j and v were forms of i and w . PART II . OF WORDS . The second part of 4 SYLLABLES . The Complex Sentence,
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... thing ; as , house , James , strength . An Adjective is a word , which expresses a quality or at- tribute as existing in a thing or a set of things ; as , a bright diamond , six tigers . A Pronoun is a short word , used to prevent Parts ...
... thing ; as , house , James , strength . An Adjective is a word , which expresses a quality or at- tribute as existing in a thing or a set of things ; as , a bright diamond , six tigers . A Pronoun is a short word , used to prevent Parts ...
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... thing ; as , lion , book , Paris . Note . The word thing is used here in its widest sense , as denoting every object we can think of , and including living as well as lifeless things . The student must be careful not to confound a thing ...
... thing ; as , lion , book , Paris . Note . The word thing is used here in its widest sense , as denoting every object we can think of , and including living as well as lifeless things . The student must be careful not to confound a thing ...
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... thing of a kind or class ; as , river , city , man . The use of the Common Noun is to denote by one word a class — that is , a collection of persons or things , having a common resemblance . Note . Suppose a savage in a wood naming the ...
... thing of a kind or class ; as , river , city , man . The use of the Common Noun is to denote by one word a class — that is , a collection of persons or things , having a common resemblance . Note . Suppose a savage in a wood naming the ...
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action Active Voice Adjective Adverbs Anglo-Saxon noun auxiliary baern-e beautiful chief Clause Common Noun compared Composition Compound Sentence Conjugation Conjunction consonant declension denoting derived Dictation Exercises DOUBLE TENSES ending English language English noun English Verb example Exercises express feminine French Future Perfect Gender Genitive God-e Grammar Greek Imperative Mood INDICATIVE MOOD Infinitive Mood inflected Interjection Intransitive kinds Latin letters lifeless things Masc Masculine meaning Middle English modern English Neuter Nominative Norman-French Note Note.-A Note.-The Note.-There Number Objective ORDER OF PARSING PASSIVE VOICE Past Participle Past Tense Personal Pronoun phrases Pluperfect Poss Possessive POTENTIAL MOOD Preposition Present Participle Active Proper Noun pupil Relative Pronouns Repeat Rule Semi-Saxon Sing SINGLE TENSES smith sound speech spelling spoken strike struck SUBJUNCTIVE SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD Superlative syllables is called Syntax termination Thou hast Thou mayest Thou mightest Thou shalt tion tive Transitive Verb Vocative words دو
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Page 95 - Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help ? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary. and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it.
Page 102 - A lovely Ladie rode him faire beside, Upon a lowly Asse more white than snow, Yet she much whiter ; but the same did hide Under a vele, that wimpled was full low...
Page 96 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet...
Page 4 - A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable ; a word of two syllables, a dissyllable ; a word of three syllables, a trissyllable ; and a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. DIPHTHONGS AND TRIPHTHONGS. A diphthong is two vowels joined in one syllable ; as, ea in beat, ou in sound.
Page 64 - I am thane of Cawdor : If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair, And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature...
Page 103 - Thy voice is heard thro' rolling drums, That beat to battle where he stands; Thy face across his fancy comes, And gives the battle to his hands : A moment, while the trumpets blow, He sees his brood about thy knee ; The next, like fire he meets the foe, And strikes him dead for thine and thee. So Lilia sang: we thought her halfpossess'd, She struck such warbling fury thro...
Page 103 - With nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown ; He raised a mortal to the skies ; She drew an angel down.
Page 103 - Night sank upon the dusky beach, and on the purple sea, Such night in England ne'er had been, nor e'er again shall be.
Page 52 - In the first Person simply shall foretells ; In will a Threat, or else a Promise dwells. Shall, in the second and the third, does threat ; Will simply, then, foretells the future feat.
Page 100 - Then, like a wild cat mad with wounds, Sprang right at Astur's face. Through teeth, and skull, and helmet, So fierce a thrust he sped The good sword stood a handbreadth out Behind the Tuscan's head.