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Page 63
... motion ; childish from child . V. Adjectives are derived from adjectives and verbs ; as - whitish from white ; greenish from green ; correct- ive from to correct ; answerable from to answer . ( 4 ) VI . Verbs are derived from nouns ; as ...
... motion ; childish from child . V. Adjectives are derived from adjectives and verbs ; as - whitish from white ; greenish from green ; correct- ive from to correct ; answerable from to answer . ( 4 ) VI . Verbs are derived from nouns ; as ...
Page 85
... the preposition of before few or many will dis- appear by completing the sentence ; as - Give me a few of those apples ; I lent him a great many of my books . EXAMPLES . When a body has a rotatory motion , SYNTAX . 85 RULE XVII,
... the preposition of before few or many will dis- appear by completing the sentence ; as - Give me a few of those apples ; I lent him a great many of my books . EXAMPLES . When a body has a rotatory motion , SYNTAX . 85 RULE XVII,
Page 86
... motion , the line round which it revolves is called an axis . A continued force produces a continued effect . No person has a greater esteem of what he does than he who is capable of doing little . Winter hides the treasures of the ...
... motion , the line round which it revolves is called an axis . A continued force produces a continued effect . No person has a greater esteem of what he does than he who is capable of doing little . Winter hides the treasures of the ...
Page 87
... Motion promotes crystalliza- Giver . the I. He lived a virtuous life , and died the death of the just . He fought a good fight , and finished his course . * Verbs meaning to ask , allow , lend , pay , teach , promise , offer , give ...
... Motion promotes crystalliza- Giver . the I. He lived a virtuous life , and died the death of the just . He fought a good fight , and finished his course . * Verbs meaning to ask , allow , lend , pay , teach , promise , offer , give ...
Page 89
... motion , with great strength . Chimneys quicken the ascent of hot - air by k- -g a long column of it together . In rg the Cape of Good Hope , waves are met so vast , that a few ridges and a few de- pressions occupy the extent of a mile ...
... motion , with great strength . Chimneys quicken the ascent of hot - air by k- -g a long column of it together . In rg the Cape of Good Hope , waves are met so vast , that a few ridges and a few de- pressions occupy the extent of a mile ...
Common terms and phrases
accented active verb adjectives admirable adverbs AMPHIBRACH ANAPEST animals as-I as-The auxiliary beautiful body called carbonic acid Christian cold comma compound conjunction couldst denotes earth Ellipsis English English language EXAMPLES EXERCISES expressed feet followed frequently FUTURE TENSE governed grammar heat Iambic imperative mood imperfect tense infinitive mood interjection interrogatively Ireland Julian the Apostate language light moon motion nature neuter nominative noun or pronoun nouns and pronouns o'er object omitted passive verb PERFECT placed PLUPERFECT TENSE Plural plural noun plural number poetry possessive potential mood preceded preposition present participle PRESENT TENSE religion RULE Saxon sentence shalt or wilt Singular nouns singular number singular or plural sometimes Spondee stars subjunctive mood syllables Syntax taught teach tences thee thing third persons Thou art Thou hast Thou shalt tion Trochaic Trochee verse virtue virtuous vowels words
Popular passages
Page 113 - tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Page 119 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head...
Page 119 - Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast...
Page 117 - But through it there roll'd not the breath of his pride; And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as the spray of the rock-beating surf. And there lay the rider distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow, and the rust on his mail: And the tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown.
Page 118 - But wandering oft, with brute unconscious gaze, Man marks not THEE, marks not the mighty hand That, ever busy, wheels the silent spheres; Works in the secret deep; shoots, steaming, thence The fair profusion that o'erspreads the Spring...
Page 118 - THE scene was more beautiful far to my eye, Than if day in its pride had arrayed it ; The land-breeze blew mild, and the azure-arched sky Looked pure as the Spirit that made it.
Page 117 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Page 108 - mid the roses lay, She saw a wearied man dismount From his hot steed, and on the brink Of a small imaret's rustic fount Impatient fling him down to drink.
Page 119 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years; But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the wars of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Page 117 - Come down to that lake, from their home in the mountains, There grows the wild ash, and a time-stricken willow Looks chidingly down on the mirth of the billow ; As, like some gay child, that sad monitor scorning, It lightly laughs back to the laugh of the morning. And its zone of dark hills...