An Elementary English Grammar: For the Use of SchoolsJ. Bartlett, 1853 - 250 páginas |
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a x x accented syllable addition Adjectives Adverbs allied Anglo Anglo-Norman Anglo-Saxon language aspirates battle of Hastings blank verse breath called combination Cóme compound consonant copula dative denotes Derivation by Means elementary sounds England English language equivalent expressed father female Formula a x French gender governed grammar Greek guages Hence horse Latin language Latin word lene lines male masculine measures metre mood mortal Moso-Gothic mute nature neuter nominative noun object Old High German Old Norse Old Saxon original Orthoepy past tense phrases plural forms plural number possessive preceded predicate present English preterite proposition respect rhyme semivowel sense sentence simple single singular number small vowel speak spelling spelt spoken stanza strong verbs summer superlative syllable Syntax th in thin thine thing thou tion tive unaccented syllables verb substantive verse vowel vowel sounds walk whilst words ending write written
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Página 225 - pale, With the dew on his brow, and the rust on his mail; And the tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown. And the widows of A'shur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal, And the might of the Gentile,
Página 225 - That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. For the A'ngel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed; And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for
Página 206 - the mighty, it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown. His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute of awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings : But mercy is above this sceptred sway; It is enthroned in the hearts
Página 217 - the senators. Most potent, grave, and reverend seigniors, My very noble and approved good masters, That I have ta'en away this old man's daughter, It is most true: true, I have married her: The very head and front of my offending Hath this extent, no more. Rude I 'm in speech And little
Página 213 - In the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love. In the spring a livelier iris changes on the burnished dove; Then her cheek was pale and thinner than should be for one so young, -And her eyes on all my motions with a mute observance hung.
Página 225 - grew still. 4. And the're lay the steed with his nostril all wide; But through it there rolled not the breath of his pride And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And c61d as the spray of the
Página 205 - T is hard to say if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill; But, of the two, less dangerous is the offence To tire the patience than mislead the sense. Some few in that, but thousands err in this ; Ten censure wrong, for one that writes amiss. — Pope.
Página 113 - And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail; And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal; And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Has melted like snow in the glance of the Lord.
Página 206 - fear of kings : But mercy is above this sceptred sway; It is enthroned in the hearts of kings: It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy seasons justice.— Shakespeare.
Página 208 - With the measures ax, axx, xax, the case is different. Here there is room for a syllable or syllables to be subtracted. Queen and huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver chair,