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Page vii
... rhyme is more pleasing than prose , we have made our attempt through that medium , in the hope that it might perhaps beguile " the weary way . " We have adopted the conversational style between mother and child , that the child's ...
... rhyme is more pleasing than prose , we have made our attempt through that medium , in the hope that it might perhaps beguile " the weary way . " We have adopted the conversational style between mother and child , that the child's ...
Page xiii
... rhyme , Because I've noticed many a time That children like it best . It makes quite smooth an up - hill way , Acts as a sort of lullaby- That calms down what needs rest . No spark have I of poet's fire ; To kindle ADDRESS TO TEACHERS,
... rhyme , Because I've noticed many a time That children like it best . It makes quite smooth an up - hill way , Acts as a sort of lullaby- That calms down what needs rest . No spark have I of poet's fire ; To kindle ADDRESS TO TEACHERS,
Page xiv
... rhyme may not be found Quite free from all objection . Poets , we hope , will pardon us , Altho ' all's not harmonious According to their laws . For if we'd tried to make it fine We might have lost the sense for rhyme , Therefore , ye ...
... rhyme may not be found Quite free from all objection . Poets , we hope , will pardon us , Altho ' all's not harmonious According to their laws . For if we'd tried to make it fine We might have lost the sense for rhyme , Therefore , ye ...
Page 72
... rhyme , But then they simply flow . PRESENT TENSE . The Present Tense tells what is going on . The first is called the present tense , Because it means just now ; and hence We very often say : " It is so very wet just now , And rains so ...
... rhyme , But then they simply flow . PRESENT TENSE . The Present Tense tells what is going on . The first is called the present tense , Because it means just now ; and hence We very often say : " It is so very wet just now , And rains so ...
Page 74
... rhyme , And say the verb in prose ; I love , thou lovest , so does he , We love , you love , they love - O see ! This beautiful moss - rose . Now I , thou , he , we , you , and they Are nominatives to love , we say , But what's the ...
... rhyme , And say the verb in prose ; I love , thou lovest , so does he , We love , you love , they love - O see ! This beautiful moss - rose . Now I , thou , he , we , you , and they Are nominatives to love , we say , But what's the ...
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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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