The Elements of the English LanguageBell & Daldy, 1862 - 253 strán (strany) |
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... sentence surety The Chase . bay brace couple ( v . ) forest quarry tiercel covert leash reclaim venison chase falconer mew sport verdurer Many words of a general character were also introduced : as , abash , adventure , annoy , bachelor ...
... sentence surety The Chase . bay brace couple ( v . ) forest quarry tiercel covert leash reclaim venison chase falconer mew sport verdurer Many words of a general character were also introduced : as , abash , adventure , annoy , bachelor ...
Strana 26
... sentence : Bear my greeting to the senators , And tell them that I will not come to - day ; Cannot is false ; and that I dare not , falser : I will not come to - day - tell them so , Decius . Shakspere . When a word is a monosyllable ...
... sentence : Bear my greeting to the senators , And tell them that I will not come to - day ; Cannot is false ; and that I dare not , falser : I will not come to - day - tell them so , Decius . Shakspere . When a word is a monosyllable ...
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... Sentence . In my solitary and retired imagination I remember [ I am not alone ] .- Id . Any combination of words that can form the subject or object of a verb is virtually a noun . 79. The name by which one object is distinguished from ...
... Sentence . In my solitary and retired imagination I remember [ I am not alone ] .- Id . Any combination of words that can form the subject or object of a verb is virtually a noun . 79. The name by which one object is distinguished from ...
Strana 44
... nouns , which in every sentence express some definite relation between themselves and other nouns or verbs , figuratively leaned or fell upon those words with which they were grammatically connected . Hence they spoke of the 44 CASE .
... nouns , which in every sentence express some definite relation between themselves and other nouns or verbs , figuratively leaned or fell upon those words with which they were grammatically connected . Hence they spoke of the 44 CASE .
Strana 45
... sentence in the English language ; but Accidence is concerned only with the latter . The case - endings , with one ... sentences are added to the noun these combined words form the subject of the verb , and the noun remains in the ...
... sentence in the English language ; but Accidence is concerned only with the latter . The case - endings , with one ... sentences are added to the noun these combined words form the subject of the verb , and the noun remains in the ...
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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.