English Grammar, Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners: With an Appendix, Containing Rules and Observations for Assisting the More Advanced Students to Write with Perspicuity and AccuracySamuel Raynor, 1852 - 264 Seiten |
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... pause , the sign of the possessive should be annexed to each : as , " They are John's as well as Eliza's books ; " " I had the physician's , the surgeon's , and the apothecary's assistance . " 2. In poetry , the additional s is ...
... pause , the sign of the possessive should be annexed to each : as , " They are John's as well as Eliza's books ; " " I had the physician's , the surgeon's , and the apothecary's assistance . " 2. In poetry , the additional s is ...
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... pause is proper , and the governing noun not expressed ; and when the latter part of the sentence is extended ; it appears to be requisite that the sign should be applied to the first genitive , and un- derstood to the other ; as , " I ...
... pause is proper , and the governing noun not expressed ; and when the latter part of the sentence is extended ; it appears to be requisite that the sign should be applied to the first genitive , and un- derstood to the other ; as , " I ...
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... PAUSE , and TONE ; and the latter , the laws of VERSIFICATION . CHAPTER I. OF PRONUNCIATION . SECTION 1. Of Acceni . ACCENT is the laying of a peculiar stress of the voice , on a certain letter or syllable in a word , that it may be ...
... PAUSE , and TONE ; and the latter , the laws of VERSIFICATION . CHAPTER I. OF PRONUNCIATION . SECTION 1. Of Acceni . ACCENT is the laying of a peculiar stress of the voice , on a certain letter or syllable in a word , that it may be ...
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... pause is made , after somethin , has been said of peculiar moment , and on which we desire to fix the hearer's attention . Sometimes , before such a thing is said , we usher it in with a pause of this nature . Such pauses have the same ...
... pause is made , after somethin , has been said of peculiar moment , and on which we desire to fix the hearer's attention . Sometimes , before such a thing is said , we usher it in with a pause of this nature . Such pauses have the same ...
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... pause should be used when the sense is incomplete ; and the closing pause , when it is finished . But there are phrases , in which , though the sense is not completed , the voice takes the closing , rather than the suspending pause ...
... pause should be used when the sense is incomplete ; and the closing pause , when it is finished . But there are phrases , in which , though the sense is not completed , the voice takes the closing , rather than the suspending pause ...
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accent according to RULE active verb adjective adjective pronoun admit adverb agreeably Amphibrach appear auxiliary better cæsura circumstances comma common substantive compound conjugated conjunction connected connexion consonant construction copulative denote derived diphthong distinct distinguished ellipsis English language examples express following instances following sentence frequently future tense genitive give governed grammarians hath ideas imperative mood Imperfect Tense improper indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative kind king learner Lord loved manner means mind names nature nominative noun object observations occasions Octavo Grammar participle pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuous phrases Pluperfect Tense plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense principal proper properly propriety relative pronoun render respect sense sentiments short signifies simple singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mood syllable tence termination thing third person singular thou tion tive Trochee verb active verse virtue voice vowel wise words writing
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 251 - Me miserable ! which way shall I fly Infinite wrath, and infinite despair? Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And, in the lowest deep, a lower deep Still threatening to devour me opens wide, To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heaven.
Seite 243 - I will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her." " Thou art my rock and my fortress." "Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.
Seite 182 - Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain upon you, nor fields of offerings; for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
Seite 247 - Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob; 8.
Seite 204 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit...
Seite 245 - Thou preparedst room before it, And didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, And her branches unto the river.
Seite 124 - Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him four-fold. 9 And Jesus said unto him. This day is salvation come to this house, forasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
Seite 193 - 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 ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me...
Seite 247 - Earth trembled from her entrails, as again In pangs ; and Nature gave a second groan ; Sky lour'd, and, muttering thunder, some sad drops Wept at completing of the mortal sin Original...
Seite 192 - When through the clouds he drives the trembling doves...