The beginners' drill-book of English grammarRivingtons, 1878 - 113 pages |
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... c . ( d ) With no plural ; e.g. wood ; iron , & c . V. Follow the rules of the languages from which they come , to form the plurals of foreign nouns . $ 39 . Table of singular and plural forms . Inflexion of the Noun . 25.
... c . ( d ) With no plural ; e.g. wood ; iron , & c . V. Follow the rules of the languages from which they come , to form the plurals of foreign nouns . $ 39 . Table of singular and plural forms . Inflexion of the Noun . 25.
Page 75
... woods ring with music . Ill doers are ill deemers . Still waters run deep . Good wine needs no bush . a solemn stillness holds . hedger at his supper sat . strous ivy - stems clasped the gray walls . Romulus founded Rome . All the air ...
... woods ring with music . Ill doers are ill deemers . Still waters run deep . Good wine needs no bush . a solemn stillness holds . hedger at his supper sat . strous ivy - stems clasped the gray walls . Romulus founded Rome . All the air ...
Page 76
... wood . No other rivers such fine salmon feed ( s ) , Nor Taff , nor Tay , nor Tyne , nor Thames , Nor Trent , nor Tweed . 17. ( § 13. ) Tell out the verbs , and say transitive or intransitive ( see §§ 4 , 5 , 13 ) — I heard the dash of ...
... wood . No other rivers such fine salmon feed ( s ) , Nor Taff , nor Tay , nor Tyne , nor Thames , Nor Trent , nor Tweed . 17. ( § 13. ) Tell out the verbs , and say transitive or intransitive ( see §§ 4 , 5 , 13 ) — I heard the dash of ...
Page 82
... wood and dale the river ran . In came Margaret's grimly ghost , And stood at William's feet . The roof was crossed by rafters . I stood within the Coliseum's wall . Tears ran down his cheek . The water trickled from his coat . 29 ...
... wood and dale the river ran . In came Margaret's grimly ghost , And stood at William's feet . The roof was crossed by rafters . I stood within the Coliseum's wall . Tears ran down his cheek . The water trickled from his coat . 29 ...
Page 83
... - itself - -friend . - --- - Birnam Wood be come to Dunsinane will I try the last . He was lame he could not walk . will I never be offended . --- - all men be offended - - 32. ( § 18. ) Read these sentences , substituting Exercises . 83.
... - itself - -friend . - --- - Birnam Wood be come to Dunsinane will I try the last . He was lame he could not walk . will I never be offended . --- - all men be offended - - 32. ( § 18. ) Read these sentences , substituting Exercises . 83.
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