The heart's-ease, or, Grammar in verse, by a lady teacher [J. Connell.].1854 |
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Page vii
... heard through the pages of this simple book . We have long had an ambition to make grammar easy and more attractive to the young child ; and having noticed that rhyme is more pleasing than prose , we have made our attempt through that ...
... heard through the pages of this simple book . We have long had an ambition to make grammar easy and more attractive to the young child ; and having noticed that rhyme is more pleasing than prose , we have made our attempt through that ...
Page xv
... heard a little pupil say , " I hate my grammar most . My geography's not hard at all , Though sometimes to the foot I fall ; But , O ! my grammar's worst . I wonder , sometimes , what it means- So full of such mysterious names , No one ...
... heard a little pupil say , " I hate my grammar most . My geography's not hard at all , Though sometimes to the foot I fall ; But , O ! my grammar's worst . I wonder , sometimes , what it means- So full of such mysterious names , No one ...
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... is divided into four . These parts you have not heard before . The first's Orthography ; Then Etymology and Syntax ; ( These long big words look so like intakes ) ; The last part's Prosody . A You cannot learn them all at once , But part.
... is divided into four . These parts you have not heard before . The first's Orthography ; Then Etymology and Syntax ; ( These long big words look so like intakes ) ; The last part's Prosody . A You cannot learn them all at once , But part.
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... heard you tell , Of all the kinds of nouns . Next you must parse me or point out The nouns I ask you round about , These lakes , and seas , and towns . In this short sentence where's the noun ? " I'd GRAMMAR IN VERSE . 223.
... heard you tell , Of all the kinds of nouns . Next you must parse me or point out The nouns I ask you round about , These lakes , and seas , and towns . In this short sentence where's the noun ? " I'd GRAMMAR IN VERSE . 223.
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... heard this name before . ' Tis called a relative . It does relate to somebody , Whoe'er that somebody may be . And now their names I'll give ; — Who , which , or in their stead say that . The man who caught a great big rat , And nearly ...
... heard this name before . ' Tis called a relative . It does relate to somebody , Whoe'er that somebody may be . And now their names I'll give ; — Who , which , or in their stead say that . The man who caught a great big rat , And nearly ...
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adjective Adjective-pronouns Adverbs beautiful brother called child cloak commas conjunction dear Dig dug diphthong EXERCISE Fanny Feminine Fill up spaces flowers following spaces foot FUTURE PERFECT FUTURE PERFECT TENSE FUTURE TENSE gender grammar hadst Harry hear HEART'S-EASE IMPERATIVE MOOD INDICATIVE MOOD Insert Verbs interjections intransitive James Jane Jemima Jessie John last syllable letter look lovest mamma Mary Masculine Master and Miss mayst or canst means metre nom'native nominative objective papa parse PARTICIPLES PAST PERFECT PAST TENSE PERFECT TENSE Plural poor POTENTIAL MOOD preposition PRESENT TENSE PROSE Prosody rhyme RULE semicolon sentence shalt or wilt sing Singular SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD sure syllables tell thee thing Thou hast thou love Thou mayst Thou mightst Thou shalt three syllables tive transitive TRANSITIVE VERB TRIPHTHONGS understand Verbs belonging verse vowels walk words write
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