A Grammar of the English Language: Adpated to the Use of Schools and AcademiesH. Cowperthwait & Company, 1863 - 264 páginas |
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... sometimes w and y . 6. and I are consonants when they precede a vowel heard in the same syllable ; as , wine , twine , yes , yet . In all other situations they are vowels ; as , rye , grew . NOTE . - I , when it represents the sound of ...
... sometimes w and y . 6. and I are consonants when they precede a vowel heard in the same syllable ; as , wine , twine , yes , yet . In all other situations they are vowels ; as , rye , grew . NOTE . - I , when it represents the sound of ...
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... , thrusts . 2. Sometimes a combination of elementary sounds is represented by a Combination of Letters . single letter ; as , i : oncu . ac ORTHOGRAPHY - LETTERS . 19 222226 Words Classified by their Syllables Exercise.
... , thrusts . 2. Sometimes a combination of elementary sounds is represented by a Combination of Letters . single letter ; as , i : oncu . ac ORTHOGRAPHY - LETTERS . 19 222226 Words Classified by their Syllables Exercise.
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... Sometimes a combination of letters represents a single elementary sound ; as , th in this ; ti , ci , si , ce , in martial , mission , official , ocean ; oo , ee , aa , gg , zz , lb , ff , ll , tt , in door , feet , Isaac , egg , buzz ...
... Sometimes a combination of letters represents a single elementary sound ; as , th in this ; ti , ci , si , ce , in martial , mission , official , ocean ; oo , ee , aa , gg , zz , lb , ff , ll , tt , in door , feet , Isaac , egg , buzz ...
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... sometimes omitted ; as , co - existent , for con - existent ; ant - arctic , for anti - arctic . 3. RULE II . CHANGING THE FINAL LETTER . - The final letter of a prefix is often changed to one which will harmonize , in sound , with the ...
... sometimes omitted ; as , co - existent , for con - existent ; ant - arctic , for anti - arctic . 3. RULE II . CHANGING THE FINAL LETTER . - The final letter of a prefix is often changed to one which will harmonize , in sound , with the ...
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... Sometimes when the final e is preceded by a vowel , it is dropped before a suffix beginning with a consonant ; as true , truly ; awe , awful ; sometimes it is retained ; as , rue , rueful ; shoe , shoeless . The final e preceded by a ...
... Sometimes when the final e is preceded by a vowel , it is dropped before a suffix beginning with a consonant ; as true , truly ; awe , awful ; sometimes it is retained ; as , rue , rueful ; shoe , shoeless . The final e preceded by a ...
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abridged propositions according to Rule adjective element adverbial element antecedent apposition attribute auxiliary verb called common noun complex sentence compound sentence Conjugation conjunctive adverbs consonant construction coördinate conjunction copula Defective verbs denotes dependent Exercise expressed following examples following sentences future FUTURE PERFECT TENSE give grammatical group of words hast hence idea indefinite indicative mode infinitive interjection interrogative pronoun intransitive joined letter limiting adjective loved masculine gender Models for parsing modifies nominative nominative absolute noun or pronoun number and person object passive voice past participle PAST TENSE personal pronouns phrase Plur plural possessive PRESENT PERFECT TENSE present tense principal clause Prog qualifying adjective refers relation relative pronoun represent Rule VIII Rule XV second person signification simple sentence Sing singular number sometimes speaker subjunctive subordinate clause Subordinate connectives subordinate elements substantive subvocal syllable Tell third person thou transitive verb vowel write written
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Página 44 - Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O UNION, strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate...
Página 264 - And nights devoid of ease, Still heard in his soul the music Of wonderful melodies. Such songs have power to quiet The restless pulse of care, And come like the benediction That follows after prayer. Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice.
Página 262 - Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave.
Página 130 - Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land ? Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned, As home his footsteps he hath turned, From wandering on a foreign strand...
Página 264 - Such songs have power to quiet The restless pulse of care, And come like the benediction That follows after prayer. Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice. And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares that infest the day, Shall fold their tents like the Arabs, And as silently steal away.
Página 86 - And furious every charger neighed To join the dreadful revelry. Then shook the hills with thunder riven: Then rushed the steed to battle driven; And louder than the bolts of Heaven Far flashed the red artillery.
Página 263 - Or of the eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell?
Página 263 - Aonian maids Delight no more — O Thou my voice inspire Who touched Isaiah's hallowed lips with fire ! Rapt into future times, the bard begun, A virgin shall conceive, a virgin bear a son ! From Jesse's Root behold a Branch arise,* Whose sacred flower with fragrance fills the skies.
Página 105 - LORD, and what shall this man do ?" Ask'st thou, Christian, for thy friend ? If his love for Christ be true, Christ hath told thee of his end : This is he whom God approves, This is he whom Jesus loves.
Página 71 - Ye Ice-falls! ye that from the mountain's brow Adown enormous ravines slope amain Torrents, methinks, that heard a mighty voice, And stopped at once amid their maddest plunge! Motionless torrents! silent cataracts! Who made you glorious as the Gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet? GOD! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer! and let the ice-plains echo, GOD!