The Elements of the English LanguageBell & Daldy, 1862 - 253 strán (strany) |
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... action and posture , the com- monest animals - the words used in earliest childhood- the ordinary terms of traffic - the constituent words in proverbs - the designations of kindred - the simpler emotions of the mind - terms of ...
... action and posture , the com- monest animals - the words used in earliest childhood- the ordinary terms of traffic - the constituent words in proverbs - the designations of kindred - the simpler emotions of the mind - terms of ...
Strana 28
... actions . These different classes of words are called Parts of Speech . The following are the Parts of Speech commonly recognised in Grammars of the English language - Noun or Substantive , Adjective , Pronoun , Verb , Adverb ...
... actions . These different classes of words are called Parts of Speech . The following are the Parts of Speech commonly recognised in Grammars of the English language - Noun or Substantive , Adjective , Pronoun , Verb , Adverb ...
Strana 45
... action , as , " the bird sings . " The act of singing proceeds from the bird . It is often called the Subject . The terms subject and nominative are not always identical . The term Nominative can be applied with propriety only to the ...
... action , as , " the bird sings . " The act of singing proceeds from the bird . It is often called the Subject . The terms subject and nominative are not always identical . The term Nominative can be applied with propriety only to the ...
Strana 53
... action . im - prudence . il - legality . ir - reverence . ( i - gnominy . inter - course . inter - dict . intel - lect . ( enter - prise . intro - duction . juxta - position . male - factor . mali - gnity . mal - content . manu - script ...
... action . im - prudence . il - legality . ir - reverence . ( i - gnominy . inter - course . inter - dict . intel - lect . ( enter - prise . intro - duction . juxta - position . male - factor . mali - gnity . mal - content . manu - script ...
Strana 83
... action back upon himself . There is no such pronoun in A. S. or modern English . To express the fact that the agent is acting upon himself , the Personals and the Demonstratives , him , her , it , them , were employed in O. E. , and are ...
... action back upon himself . There is no such pronoun in A. S. or modern English . To express the fact that the agent is acting upon himself , the Personals and the Demonstratives , him , her , it , them , were employed in O. E. , and are ...
Časté výrazy a frázy
A. S. and O. E. accent accusative action adjective adverbs Anglo-Saxon Antique calf antique morocco apposition asperate Ben Jonson Book called case-ending Church Classical clause cloth Compare compound conjunction Crown 8vo dative definite article derived diphthongs ellipsis employed English language Explain expressed Fcap Feap feminine French frequently gender genitive Gerund gilt edges Give examples Glouc going to write Grammar Greek Hence Illustrations Imperfect Indicative Infinitive inflection Intentional interrogative Jonson Latin letters lost masculine meaning modern English morocco mute nature neuter noun numerals object occasionally old English omitted origin passive Past Indefinite Perf Perfect Participle person phrase Poems poetry Post 8vo prefix preposition PRESENT INDEFINITE relative represent retained Saxon Second Edition sentence Sermons Shakspere sibilant simple singular sometimes sound Subjunctive suffix superlative syllable tenses Teutonic thee thine thou transitive verb usually verb vols vowel W. F. Hook words written
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Strana 24 - tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners ; so that if we will plant nettles or sow lettuce, set hyssop and weed up thyme, supply it with one gender of herbs or distract it with many, either to have it sterile with idleness or manured with industry, why, the power and corrigible authority of this lies in our wills.
Strana 218 - Lords and Commons of England, consider what nation it is whereof ye are and whereof ye are the governors : a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to.
Strana 222 - Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death, A universe of death ; which God by curse Created evil, for evil only good ; Where all life dies, death lives, and nature breeds, Perverse, all monstrous, all prodigious things...
Strana 200 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Strana 177 - Say, shall we yield him, in costly devotion, Odours of Edom and offerings divine ? Gems of the mountain and pearls of the ocean, Myrrh from the forest...
Strana 2 - Guessing Stories ; or, the Surprising Adventures of the Man with the Extra Pair of Eyes. A Book for Young People. By a Country Parson. Imperial 16mo. Cloth, gilt edges, 3s. Cavaliers and Round Heads. By JG Edgar, Author of
Strana 10 - English Churchman. THE SECOND ADAM AND THE NEW BIRTH ; or, The Doctrine of Baptism as contained in Holy Scripture. Fcap. 8vo. 7th Edition, price 4*. 6d. *The most striking peculiarity of this useful little work is that its author argues almost exclusively from the Bible. We commend it most earnestly to clergy and laity, as containing in a small compass, and at a trifling cost, a body of sound and Scriptural doctrine...
Strana 16 - THIS series is intended to supply for the use of Schools and Students cheap and accurate editions of the Classics, which shall be superior in mechanical execution to the small German editions now current in this country, and more convenient in form. The texts of the Bibliotheca Classics, and Grammar School Classics, so far as they have been published, will be adopted.
Strana 16 - ... amongst scholars as valuable contributions to the Classical Literature of this country, and are admitted to be good examples of the judicious and practical nature of English scholarship ; and as the editors have formed their texts from a careful examination of the best editions extant, it is believed that no texts better for general use can be found. The volumes will be well printed at the Cambridge University Press, in a 16mo. size, and will be issued at short intervals. ESCHYLUS, ex novissima...
Strana 90 - They pull down the piles and palisades. They hew down the barriers with axes. His high black plume floats abroad over the throng like a raven over the field of the slain. They have made a breach in the barriers — they rush in — they are thrust back ! Front-de-Boeuf heads the defenders : I see his gigantic form above the press.