Murray's English Grammar Simplified Designed to Facilitate the Study of the English Language ...: Abridged for the Use of SchoolsGlazier, Masters & Smith, 1846 |
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... express simply being or a state of being , and the active including all such as express action , with the conse- quent subdivision of active verbs into transitive and intransitive , has been adopted . This arrangement of the verbs is ...
... express simply being or a state of being , and the active including all such as express action , with the conse- quent subdivision of active verbs into transitive and intransitive , has been adopted . This arrangement of the verbs is ...
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... express some quality or circumstance of the object signified by the noun ; as , ' a good man , a sweet apple , a tall tree . ' The word adjective , is derived from the Latin adjicio , to add , to apply , & c . and lit- erally means ...
... express some quality or circumstance of the object signified by the noun ; as , ' a good man , a sweet apple , a tall tree . ' The word adjective , is derived from the Latin adjicio , to add , to apply , & c . and lit- erally means ...
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... express the passions or emotions of the speaker ; as , ' I have alien- ated my friend , alas ! I fear forever . ' Interjection comes from the Latin interjicio , which signifies to cast or throw between . In the following passage , all ...
... express the passions or emotions of the speaker ; as , ' I have alien- ated my friend , alas ! I fear forever . ' Interjection comes from the Latin interjicio , which signifies to cast or throw between . In the following passage , all ...
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... express some quality of the object signified by the noun ; it is of the positive form , because it simply expresses the qual- ity of the object without increase or diminution ; it is irregularly com- pared , as , positive good ...
... express some quality of the object signified by the noun ; it is of the positive form , because it simply expresses the qual- ity of the object without increase or diminution ; it is irregularly com- pared , as , positive good ...
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... express the distinctions of person ; and is thus declined ; ( decline the pronoun in the first person ; ) of the singular number , because it expresses but one object ; of the first person , because it denotes the speaker ; and in the ...
... express the distinctions of person ; and is thus declined ; ( decline the pronoun in the first person ; ) of the singular number , because it expresses but one object ; of the first person , because it denotes the speaker ; and in the ...
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Page 96 - ON Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat, at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Page 94 - Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. What's fame? a fancied life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death.
Page 94 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Page 95 - And nightly to the list'ning earth Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 95 - ... whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire, Whose trees in summer yield him shade. In winter fire. Blest, who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years slide soft away. In health of body, peace of mind, Quiet by day. Sound sleep by night; study and ease, Together mixt; sweet recreation: And innocence, which most does please With meditation.
Page 119 - And so was also James and John the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon ;" " and so were also." " All joy, tranquillity, and peace, even for ever and ever, doth dwell;" " dwell for ever." " By whose power all good and evil is distributed ;"
Page 95 - HAPPY the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire, Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire.
Page 96 - Tis here the folly of the wise Through all his art we view, And while his tongue the charge denies, His conscience owns it true.
Page 96 - Tis morn; but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout in their sulphurous canopy. The combat deepens. On, ye brave, Who rush to glory, or the grave! Wave, Munich! all thy banners wave, And charge with all thy chivalry!
Page 95 - The world recedes ; it disappears ! Heaven opens on my eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphic ring ! Lend, lend your wings ! I mount ! I fly ! O grave, where is thy victory ? O death, where is thy sting...