A Practical GrammarA.S. Barnes & Company, 1851 - 218 Seiten |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
action expressed action or relation Adjective Pronouns Adjuncts Adverb Amphibrach ANALYSIS Antecedent Auxiliary Sentence Chart commonly compound sentence Conjunction construction denotes describe a noun Diagram earnest culture earth English language etymology EXAMPLES EXAMPLES-The Exclamation Exercises Gender Grammar heaven Hence..a Noun Independent Indicative Mode Infinitive Interrogative Intransitive John king of shadows language letters modify Neuter Nominative NOTE Noun or Pronoun Nouns and Pronouns o'er object of relation OBS.-The parsing Participle Past Tense Person and Number person or thing Phrase Possessive Possessive Adjectives Predicate Prefixes Prep Preposition Principal Sentence PRIOR PAST PRIOR PRESENT Pron proper qualify Regular Verb relation expressed Relative Pronoun RULE schools SENTENCE-PRINCIPAL shows a relation Singular Number sleeps sometimes Specifying Adjectives spoken storm Subject Subjunctive Substantive teacher tence thee Third Person Thou tion Transitive Transitive Verbs Verbal Adjective voice walked WILLARD'S Words of Euphony
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 157 - BRILLIANTLY The glassy waters mirror FORTH his smiles." " How LIGHTLY mounts the Muse's wing, Whose theme is in the skies." Adverbial Phrases. " For the angel of death spread his wings ON THE BLAST, And breathed IN THE FACE OF THE FOE as he passed.
Seite 25 - " " We bustle up with unsuccessful speed, And in the saddest part, cry—' Droll indeed? " " Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian." " A celebrated writer says—' Take care of the minutes and the hours will take care of themselves.
Seite 190 - For solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficulties, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the General Congress of Philadelphia."—Pitt. " On every side, sweet sunny spots of verdure smile towards him from among the melancholy
Seite 31 - magical pinions spread wide." " Time slept on flowers, and lent his glass to Hope." " For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he pass'd.
Seite 89 - I'll frown, and be perverse, and say thee nay, So thou wilt woo. —Juliet. THE TWOFOLD OFFICE OF SOME WOKDS. OBS.—Some words perform, at the same time, two distinct offices—a primary and a secondary office. " The surging billows and the gamboling storms Come, crouching, to his feet." Here
Seite 184 - And there | lay the ri | der, distort I ed and pale, With the dew | on his brow | and the rust | on his mail." 2. A syllable is sometimes added to a line. EXAMPLES. 3. The different measures are sometimes
Seite 18 - And when its yellow lustre smiled, O'er mountains yet untrod, Each mother held aloft her child, • To bless the bow of God." " We range us in line As the voice of the trumpet is calling." " The virtue still adorns our age, Though the chief actor died upon the stage.
Seite 41 - and what are applied to brute animals and things. EXAMPLES—The books which I lost. The pen which I use, is good. We value most what costs us most. OBS. 4.—That is applied to man or things. EXAMPLES—Them that honor me, I will honor. " Where is the patience now, That you so oft have boasted to retain."—Lear.
Seite 51 - proper education. A trifling accident often produces great results. An ignorant rich man is less esteemed than a wise poor man. The richest treasure mortal times afford, is, spotless reputation. " These dim vaults, These winding aisles, of human pomp or pride, Report not. No fantastic carvings show The boast of our vain
Seite 22 - He leaps enclosures, bounds into the world."—Young. " By that dread name, we wave the sword on high, And swear for her to live—with her to die." " The moon in the east, now her crescent displays, And adds to the grandeur of night."