A compendious grammar and philological hand-book of the English languageGriffith & Farran, 1871 - 202 pages |
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... Third Period Fourth 99 Fifth 39 " " Miscellaneous Words 162 ... 162 163 165 166 English Corruptions of Foreign Words Conversion of Anglo - Saxon into English 168 171 Characteristics of Anglo - Saxon Semi - Saxon وو دو 99 99 Old English ...
... Third Period Fourth 99 Fifth 39 " " Miscellaneous Words 162 ... 162 163 165 166 English Corruptions of Foreign Words Conversion of Anglo - Saxon into English 168 171 Characteristics of Anglo - Saxon Semi - Saxon وو دو 99 99 Old English ...
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... third syllable from the end ; as , tyran'nical . Such words as luminary , au'ditory , etc. , are only seeming exceptions , since they are pro- nounced lu'min'ry , au'dit'ry , etc. As a general rule , English words have only one accent ...
... third syllable from the end ; as , tyran'nical . Such words as luminary , au'ditory , etc. , are only seeming exceptions , since they are pro- nounced lu'min'ry , au'dit'ry , etc. As a general rule , English words have only one accent ...
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... third personal pro- noun , which represents the person spoken of , who may be near or far off , requires the dis- tinction of gender . There is another sort of personal pronoun : the indefinite pronoun one , derived from the French on ...
... third personal pro- noun , which represents the person spoken of , who may be near or far off , requires the dis- tinction of gender . There is another sort of personal pronoun : the indefinite pronoun one , derived from the French on ...
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... third person ; as , I write , thou writest , ye write , etc. There are consequently three persons who may perform an action : the speaker , the person spoken to , and the person or thing spoken of . NUMBER . The Number of verbs shows ...
... third person ; as , I write , thou writest , ye write , etc. There are consequently three persons who may perform an action : the speaker , the person spoken to , and the person or thing spoken of . NUMBER . The Number of verbs shows ...
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... third persons both in the singular and plural express simple futurity ; as , " Here at least , We shall be free ; the Almighty hath not built Here for his envy , will not drive us hence . " " And therefore little shall I grace my cause ...
... third persons both in the singular and plural express simple futurity ; as , " Here at least , We shall be free ; the Almighty hath not built Here for his envy , will not drive us hence . " " And therefore little shall I grace my cause ...
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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...