A compendious grammar and philological hand-book of the English languageGriffith & Farran, 1871 - 202 pages |
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... present day , and a pretty exhaustive list of the different English writers , both in prose and verse , with the dates of their births and deaths , and the titles of their chief works . In the Appendix each letter of the alphabet is ...
... present day , and a pretty exhaustive list of the different English writers , both in prose and verse , with the dates of their births and deaths , and the titles of their chief works . In the Appendix each letter of the alphabet is ...
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... present participle . The nouns have no such reason for requiring the accent at the end , as the only addition they have to bear in their inflections is that of the letter s , which can be pronounced without the addition of another ...
... present participle . The nouns have no such reason for requiring the accent at the end , as the only addition they have to bear in their inflections is that of the letter s , which can be pronounced without the addition of another ...
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... present are who for the masculine and feminine of both numbers , and which for the neuter of both numbers . They are declined thus : - : - Singular and Plural . That . Masc . & Fem . Nom . who Poss . whose Obj . whom Neuter . which of ...
... present are who for the masculine and feminine of both numbers , and which for the neuter of both numbers . They are declined thus : - : - Singular and Plural . That . Masc . & Fem . Nom . who Poss . whose Obj . whom Neuter . which of ...
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... present , or future ; as , I saw ; I see ; and I shall see . ( 2. ) Or before some given past , present , or future moment , which is called the Perfect past , present , or future ; as , I had seen ; I have seen ; I shall have seen ...
... present , or future ; as , I saw ; I see ; and I shall see . ( 2. ) Or before some given past , present , or future moment , which is called the Perfect past , present , or future ; as , I had seen ; I have seen ; I shall have seen ...
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... Present- absolute . Past - perfect . Past - absolute . Past - imperfect . I had written I wrote I was writing . I write I am writing . Present - perfect . Present - absolute . Present - imperfect . I have written Future - perfect ...
... Present- absolute . Past - perfect . Past - absolute . Past - imperfect . I had written I wrote I was writing . I write I am writing . Present - perfect . Present - absolute . Present - imperfect . I have written Future - perfect ...
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2nd Thou accent action adjectives adverbs ancient Anglo Anglo-Saxon auxiliary verbs born Cæsura called Catachresis changed cloth collective noun coloured compound conjugation conjunctions consonant copula Denoting derived diphthong DRYDEN Edition English Examples express Fcap feminine FIGURES OF ETYMOLOGY Figures of rhetoric Figures of syntax forming their plural French genitive gilt edges grammatical Greek History Iambic Illustrations Indefinite infinitive mood Inflections Interrogative Italian JOHN Julius Cæsar Keltic king language Latin letters Macbeth Masc masculine meaning Merchant of Venice MILTON neuter gender nominative noun or pronoun object origin past participle past tense Past-absolute Past-imperfect phrases plain Plur plural number poems POPE possessive Post 8vo predicate prefix prepositions present Present-perfect Prosody rule Saxon sentence shines Sing sound speech Subjunctive mood Super-royal 16mo superlative syllable termination tion tive Tmesis transitive verb trochees verse vowel walked 2nd walked 3rd walked Plural Words ending WORDSWORTH writing wrote
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Page 139 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar: When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page 144 - NUNS fret not at their convent's narrow room, And Hermits are contented with their cells, And Students with their pensive citadels : Maids at the wheel, the Weaver at his loom, Sit blithe and happy ; Bees that soar for bloom, High as the highest Peak of Furness Fells, Will murmur by the hour in foxglove bells...
Page 129 - 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?
Page 140 - Flies o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main. Hear how Timotheus' varied lays surprise, And bid alternate passions fall and rise! While at each change the son of Libyan Jove Now burns with glory, and then melts with love; Now his fierce eyes with sparkling fury glow, Now sighs steal out, and tears begin to flow: Persians and Greeks like turns of nature found, And the world's victor stood subdued by sound ! The power of music all our hearts allow, And what Timotheus was, is DRYDEN now.
Page 63 - All causes shall give way ; I am in blood Stepp'd in so far, that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er : Strange things I have in head, that will to hand ; Which must be acted, ere they may be scann'd.
Page 143 - Tunes her nocturnal note : thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Page 139 - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense...
Page 136 - Tho' oft the ear the open vowels tire ; While expletives their feeble aid do join ; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line : While they ring round the same unvaried chimes, With sure returns of still expected rhymes ; Where'er you find ' the cooling western breeze...
Page 56 - Their dearest action in the tented field, And little of this great world can I speak, More than pertains to feats of broil and battle, And therefore little shall I grace my cause In speaking for myself. Yet, by your gracious patience, I will a round unvarnish'd tale deliver Of my whole course of love...
Page 132 - They summ'd their pens, and soaring the air sublime With clang despised the ground, under a cloud In prospect : there the eagle and the stork On cliffs and cedar tops their eyries build : Part loosely wing the region, part more wise In common ranged in figure wedge their way, Intelligent of seasons, and set forth Their aery caravan, high over seas Flying, and over lands, with mutual wing Easing their flight...