Elements of English Composition, Grammatical, Rhetorical, Logical, and Practical: Prepared for Academies and SchoolsA.S. Barnes, 1874 - 406 páginas |
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... senses ; as , book , house , tree . Nouns such as these may be called REAL NOUNS . Others are things only conceived or felt in the mind ; as , virtue , hope , joy , length , breadth , eternity , goodness , truth . Such nouns may be ...
... senses ; as , book , house , tree . Nouns such as these may be called REAL NOUNS . Others are things only conceived or felt in the mind ; as , virtue , hope , joy , length , breadth , eternity , goodness , truth . Such nouns may be ...
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... sense . 1. Supply Proper Nouns . Edinburgh is the capital of and London of most distinguished of our American historians are and 9 and The The most common Arithmetics are those of The principal towns of the county in which we live are ...
... sense . 1. Supply Proper Nouns . Edinburgh is the capital of and London of most distinguished of our American historians are and 9 and The The most common Arithmetics are those of The principal towns of the county in which we live are ...
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... sense , as when an additional description of the same subject is intended . " Even Terah , the father of Abraham , and the father of Na- chor , " may convey the idea that the father of Abraham and the father of Nachor were different ...
... sense , as when an additional description of the same subject is intended . " Even Terah , the father of Abraham , and the father of Na- chor , " may convey the idea that the father of Abraham and the father of Nachor were different ...
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... sense than those of the fancy and the imagi- nation . " The words those of the and the should be omitted , to express the idea intended by Addison . 6. The appropriate and beautiful use of the definite ar- ticle will be seen in the ...
... sense than those of the fancy and the imagi- nation . " The words those of the and the should be omitted , to express the idea intended by Addison . 6. The appropriate and beautiful use of the definite ar- ticle will be seen in the ...
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... noun , greatly affects the meaning . These adjectives , with- out an indefinite article , bear their ordinary sense ; but the article tends to reverse the meaning . As , " few men came , " , " 42 PROPER AND IMPROPER USE OF THE ARTICLE .
... noun , greatly affects the meaning . These adjectives , with- out an indefinite article , bear their ordinary sense ; but the article tends to reverse the meaning . As , " few men came , " , " 42 PROPER AND IMPROPER USE OF THE ARTICLE .
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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.