Guy's new exercises in English syntaxBaldwin and Cradock, 1829 - 154 Seiten |
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... The poet Homer ; relative clauses ; as , He who preserves me , is eternal . Those of a verb are infinitives , and adverbs ; as , I wish to ask him ; Play quietly . SYNTAX OF NOUNS . THE NOMINATIVE AND THE VERB . OF SYNTAX .
... The poet Homer ; relative clauses ; as , He who preserves me , is eternal . Those of a verb are infinitives , and adverbs ; as , I wish to ask him ; Play quietly . SYNTAX OF NOUNS . THE NOMINATIVE AND THE VERB . OF SYNTAX .
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... wish to have my mother as well as my fa- ther's advice . He had the mayor in addition to the alderman's interest . Not only A. but B's signature is required . RULE XXIII . When one or more names go before an explanatory term , that only ...
... wish to have my mother as well as my fa- ther's advice . He had the mayor in addition to the alderman's interest . Not only A. but B's signature is required . RULE XXIII . When one or more names go before an explanatory term , that only ...
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... wish thee joy of thy loved retirement , which you would persuade me is so very agreeable . But pray thee leave such whimsies and come to town , in order that you may live and talk like other mortals ; and that I may give thee some good ...
... wish thee joy of thy loved retirement , which you would persuade me is so very agreeable . But pray thee leave such whimsies and come to town , in order that you may live and talk like other mortals ; and that I may give thee some good ...
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... wish them who are related to them , of a different character . The library given by the king , will be arranged in them beautiful rooms . RULE VI . In some dialects the word what is im- properly used for that ; as , “ They will not ...
... wish them who are related to them , of a different character . The library given by the king , will be arranged in them beautiful rooms . RULE VI . In some dialects the word what is im- properly used for that ; as , “ They will not ...
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... wishes its younger branches should possess a knowledge of that vast portion of the habitable globe . 2. The party who was then predominant , has changed sides . None of the company whom he most affected , could cure him of the ...
... wishes its younger branches should possess a knowledge of that vast portion of the habitable globe . 2. The party who was then predominant , has changed sides . None of the company whom he most affected , could cure him of the ...
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...