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James Burton (schoolmaster.) THE BEGINNERS DRILL BOOK OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR BURTON RIVINGTONS EDITED BY FRANCIS STORR , B.A. , CHIEF MASTER OF. Front Cover.
James Burton (schoolmaster.) THE BEGINNERS DRILL BOOK OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR BURTON RIVINGTONS EDITED BY FRANCIS STORR , B.A. , CHIEF MASTER OF. Front Cover.
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James Burton (schoolmaster.) EDITED BY FRANCIS STORR , B.A. , CHIEF MASTER OF MODERN SUBJECTS IN MERCHANT TAYLORS ' SCHOOL , LATE SCHOLAR OF TRINITY COLLEGE , CAMBRIDGE . Small 8vo . THOMSON'S SEASONS : Winter . IS . With an ...
James Burton (schoolmaster.) EDITED BY FRANCIS STORR , B.A. , CHIEF MASTER OF MODERN SUBJECTS IN MERCHANT TAYLORS ' SCHOOL , LATE SCHOLAR OF TRINITY COLLEGE , CAMBRIDGE . Small 8vo . THOMSON'S SEASONS : Winter . IS . With an ...
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... copul . verb qualifying the noun governed by the prep . governed by the trans . verb & c . & c . H Edited by THE REV . M. CREIGHTON , M.A. LATE Examples of Additional Exercises . 113 Examples of Additional Exercises 62 69-112.
... copul . verb qualifying the noun governed by the prep . governed by the trans . verb & c . & c . H Edited by THE REV . M. CREIGHTON , M.A. LATE Examples of Additional Exercises . 113 Examples of Additional Exercises 62 69-112.
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... Edited by the Rev. CHARLES E. MOBERLY , M.A. , Assistant - Master in Rugby School , and formerly Scholar of Balliol College , Oxford . " This is a handy , clearly printed school edition of Shakspere's bright play . The notes are ...
... Edited by the Rev. CHARLES E. MOBERLY , M.A. , Assistant - Master in Rugby School , and formerly Scholar of Balliol College , Oxford . " This is a handy , clearly printed school edition of Shakspere's bright play . The notes are ...
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James Burton (schoolmaster.) Edited by THE REV . M. CREIGHTON , M.A. LATE FELLOW AND TUTOR OF MERTON COLLEGE , OXFORD Small 8vo . THE most important and the most difficult point in historical teaching is to awaken a real interest in the ...
James Burton (schoolmaster.) Edited by THE REV . M. CREIGHTON , M.A. LATE FELLOW AND TUTOR OF MERTON COLLEGE , OXFORD Small 8vo . THE most important and the most difficult point in historical teaching is to awaken a real interest in the ...
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adjectives adverbs Birds called Change CHAPTER College Crown 8vo death Edited English EXAMPLE exercises express fall father fear fire flowers forms future Gerunds give governed green grow hand heard horse hour IMPERFECT indic INDICATIVE MOOD Infinitive king laid late leaves letters lies live look meaning mood morn never night nominative Notes nouns OBJECT Oxford passive past PERFECT person play poor PREDICATE preposition present pronouns qualifying relations rise river rose Rule School seen Plural sentences serve shilling ship simple sing Singular sleep Small snow sounds speak stand stood SUBJECT Supply sword SYNTAX Tell TENSE thee things thou thought transitive tree turn verb voice waiting walk waves wind wood writing young
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Page 112 - Who steals my purse, steals trash; . . . But he that filches from me my good name, Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed.
Page 108 - Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.
Page 112 - Almighty's mysteries to read In the large volumes of the skies. For the bright firmament Shoots forth no flame So silent, but is eloquent In speaking the Creator's name. No unregarded star Contracts its light Into so small a character...
Page 109 - Weep no more, woeful shepherds, weep no more, For Lycidas, your sorrow, is not dead, Sunk though he be beneath the watery floor. So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky...
Page 111 - Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.
Page 104 - Then reached the caverns measureless to man, And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean: And 'mid this tumult Kubla heard from far Ancestral voices prophesying war!
Page 76 - Then the little Hiawatha Learned of every bird its language, Learned their names and all their secrets, How they built their nests in summer, Where they hid themselves in winter, Talked with them whene'er he met them, Called them "Hiawatha's Chickens.
Page 112 - His praise due paid: for swinish Gluttony Ne'er looks to Heaven amidst his gorgeous feast ; But with besotted, base ingratitude, Crams, and blasphemes his Feeder.
Page 111 - It is the most transcendent privilege which any subject can enjoy or wish for, that he cannot be affected either in his property, his liberty, or his person, but by the unanimous consent of twelve of his neighbors and equals.
Page 88 - A stranger yet to pain ! I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing My weary soul they seem to...