Elements of English Composition, Grammatical, Rhetorical, Logical, and Practical: Prepared for Academies and SchoolsA.S. Barnes, 1874 - 406 páginas |
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... reason fairly . Either the conductor , or his agents , has perjured them- selves . He or they are to be invited . Whether you or I are to study German , is not decided . You or your father have wronged me . Neither his style nor his ...
... reason fairly . Either the conductor , or his agents , has perjured them- selves . He or they are to be invited . Whether you or I are to study German , is not decided . You or your father have wronged me . Neither his style nor his ...
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... reasons are urged against it . Thus , Mr. Harrison : If we use the phrase , " The house is building , " we speak of it as a thing from its very nature not acting itself , and we use the term building as expressive of a passive ...
... reasons are urged against it . Thus , Mr. Harrison : If we use the phrase , " The house is building , " we speak of it as a thing from its very nature not acting itself , and we use the term building as expressive of a passive ...
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... reasons to be urged in favor of the more modern usage , which seems likely in a few years to set aside the other ... reason for adopting the latter ; and those who are opposed to the latter may , perhaps , become reconciled to it ...
... reasons to be urged in favor of the more modern usage , which seems likely in a few years to set aside the other ... reason for adopting the latter ; and those who are opposed to the latter may , perhaps , become reconciled to it ...
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... reasons . ” " IN comparing the proofs , " & c . " He is a The object of a preposition is sometimes omitted ; as , man I became acquainted with , " that is , " whom I became ac- quainted with . " The antecedent term of relation is ...
... reasons . ” " IN comparing the proofs , " & c . " He is a The object of a preposition is sometimes omitted ; as , man I became acquainted with , " that is , " whom I became ac- quainted with . " The antecedent term of relation is ...
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... mat- ter was no sooner proposed , but he withdrew to consider it . He did it for no reason , than to be applauded by his flatterers . LESSON XXX . CONJUNCTIONS . - EFFECT OF REPETITION AND EXERCISES ON CONJUNCTIONS . 89.
... mat- ter was no sooner proposed , but he withdrew to consider it . He did it for no reason , than to be applauded by his flatterers . LESSON XXX . CONJUNCTIONS . - EFFECT OF REPETITION AND EXERCISES ON CONJUNCTIONS . 89.
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Términos y frases comunes
action adjective adverb Amphibrach answer Antanaclasis apodosis argument beautiful Blank verse called cause character Cicero clause comma composition compound conjunction connected correct denote dependent clause discourse effect employed English English language example EXERCISES expression father figure following sentences folly former genus give grammatical happy heaven Hence Hyperbaton ical idea illustrated improperly infinitive intransitive Julius Cæsar kind language learned LESSON letter logical Lord manner meaning metaphor mind moral nature never noun object observed omitted participle passions pause PERIODIC SENTENCE person phrase pleasure plural preposition present principal pronoun proper properly prose protasis reason reference require rhyme RULE sense singular sometimes sound speak species style subjunctive mood Supply syllable synonyms temperance tence tense thee thing Thomas à Becket thou thought tion topics transitive verb trochees truth unto verse virtue wise words writing
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Página 41 - Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
Página 167 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Página 58 - And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
Página 34 - Then shall two be in the field ; the one shall be taken and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill ; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Página 247 - Return, we beseech thee, O God of Hosts : look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
Página 247 - Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, So that all they which pass by the way do pluck her? The boar out of the wood doth waste it, And the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
Página 251 - So saying, her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the Fruit, she pluck'd, she eat: Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Página 216 - Homer was the greater genius ; Virgil, the better artist : in the one, we most admire the man ; in the other, the work. Homer hurries us with a commanding impetuosity ; Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty. Homer scatters with a generous profusion ; Virgil bestows with a careful magnificence. Homer, like the Nile, pours out his riches with a sudden overflow ; Virgil, like a river in its banks, with a constant stream.
Página 218 - Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Página 254 - I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.