Guy's new exercises in English syntaxBaldwin and Cradock, 1829 - 154 Seiten |
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... beautiful specimen of the Corinthian order . The earth's diameter are about 7,911 miles . 6. Genitive phrases . The blessings of a country life ( according to Virgil ) is not com- plete without an improvement of knowledge by ...
... beautiful specimen of the Corinthian order . The earth's diameter are about 7,911 miles . 6. Genitive phrases . The blessings of a country life ( according to Virgil ) is not com- plete without an improvement of knowledge by ...
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... beautiful prospect ; " it should be " so beautiful a prospect . " We properly say , " I never before be- held such a prospect ; " " such scenes ; " " such a temper ; " and when the noun is plural , and preceded by an adjective , " Such ...
... beautiful prospect ; " it should be " so beautiful a prospect . " We properly say , " I never before be- held such a prospect ; " " such scenes ; " " such a temper ; " and when the noun is plural , and preceded by an adjective , " Such ...
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... beautiful still more lovely . There are none who deserve superiority over others in the esteem of mankind , who do not make it his endeavour to be beneficial to society . RULE II . Two or more nouns or pronouns con- 70 SYNTAX OF PRONOUNS .
... beautiful still more lovely . There are none who deserve superiority over others in the esteem of mankind , who do not make it his endeavour to be beneficial to society . RULE II . Two or more nouns or pronouns con- 70 SYNTAX OF PRONOUNS .
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... beautiful rooms . RULE VI . In some dialects the word what is im- properly used for that ; as , “ They will not believe but what I have been in fault ; " instead of , " but that . " What is also vulgarly used for who , which , SYNTAX OF ...
... beautiful rooms . RULE VI . In some dialects the word what is im- properly used for that ; as , “ They will not believe but what I have been in fault ; " instead of , " but that . " What is also vulgarly used for who , which , SYNTAX OF ...
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... beautiful , and accomplished , yet is mortal , and ought occa- sionally to be admonished of her condition : They seldom employ themselves usefully , nor are even attentive to our admonitions . They are acquainted , but are not upon very ...
... beautiful , and accomplished , yet is mortal , and ought occa- sionally to be admonished of her condition : They seldom employ themselves usefully , nor are even attentive to our admonitions . They are acquainted , but are not upon very ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
adjective adverbs agree agreeable antecedent apostrophe apposition arrived beautiful better bishop blessings brother Cæsar called cises clauses conjunction copula crowded definite article doubt Edition enemy esteem Exer expected expressed favour fear finite verb folly frequently genitive govern the accusative happy honour hope horse Iliad improved infinitive infinitive mood Julius Cæsar king knowledge labour lative learned lest live Lord mankind Mayor means ment mind mood nature neuter verb never nominative NOMINATIVE ABSOLUTE noun object participle passive verb perfection perly Plato pleasure poet preposition present preserved Price pronoun proper relative Relative clauses require a plural riches RULE II RULE VIII sake scholar sense sentence signifies singular number sister sometimes improperly subjunctive substantive SYNTAX temper tenses thee thing Thou art tion tive UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD vice virtue whence whole wish words yesterday youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 144 - He did not, however, forget whither he was travelling, but found a narrow way bordered with flowers, which appeared to .have the same direction with the main road, and was pleased that, by this happy experiment, he had found means to unite pleasure with business, and to gain the rewards of diligence without suffering its fatigues.
Seite 110 - To see so many to make so little conscience of so great a sin." " It cannot but be a delightful spectacle to God and angels, to see a young person, besieged by powerful temptations on every side, to acquit himself gloriously, and resolutely to hold out against the most...
Seite 136 - Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth ; a stranger, and not thine own lips. 3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty ; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
Seite 64 - A brute arrives at a point of perfection that he can never pass : in a few years he has all the endowments he is capable of; and were he to live ten thousand more, would be the same thing he is at present.
Seite 33 - The seasons' difference; as, the icy fang, And churlish chiding of the winter's wind; Which when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile, and say,— This is no flattery: these are counsellors That feelingly persuade me what I am.
Seite 144 - As he passed along, his ears were delighted with the morning song of the bird of paradise, he was fanned by the last flutters of the sinking breeze, and sprinkled with dew by groves of spices ; he sometimes contemplated the towering height of the oak, monarch of the hills ; and sometimes caught the gentle fragrance of the primrose, eldest daughter of the spring: all his senses were gratified, and all care was banished from his heart.
Seite 136 - The drift of all his sermons was to prepare the Jews for the reception of a prophet mightier than him, and whose shoes he was not worthy to bear.
Seite 140 - The main of life is, indeed, composed of small incidents and petty occurrences ; of wishes for objects not remote, and grief for disappointments of no fatal consequence ; of insect vexations which sting us and fly away, impertinences which buzz a while about us, and are heard no more ; of meteorous pleasures which dance before us and are dissipated ; of compliments which glide off the soul like other music, and are forgotten by him that gave and him that received them.
Seite 77 - For when a man declares in autumn, when he is eating them, or in spring, when there are none, that he loves grapes...