An Analytical and Practical Grammar of the English LanguagePratt, Oakley & Company, 1859 - 244 pagine |
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abridged active voice adjective adjective pronoun adjunct adverb affirms antecedent auxiliary belong Cæsar called comma common compared conjunction connected connexion construction copula correct denote dependent clause ellipsis English examples EXERCISES expressed following sentences gender governed grammarians grammatical predicate grammatical subject honor horse IMPERATIVE MOOD implied indefinite indicative infinitive mood interrogative intransitive James John language letter logical predicate logical subject loved manner masculine meaning modified neuter never noun or pronoun object omitted parsed passive voice past participle past tense past-perfect person or thing person singular personal pronoun phrases plural poetry possessive POTENTIAL MOOD preceding prefixed preposition present tense present-perfect proper properly qualify reference regarded relative pronoun respect RULE sense simple sometimes speech spoken subjunctive mood substantive superlative syllable Syntax thee third person thou tion tive transitive verb understood usage verse vowel words write
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Pagina 209 - metonymy. 10. Antithesis, or contrast, is a figure by which different or contrary objects are contrasted, to make them show one another to advantage. Thus, Solomon contrasts the timidity of the wicked with the courage of the righteous, "when he says, " The wicked flee when no man pursueth, but the righteous are bold as a lion.
Pagina 202 - Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them." But when the clauses are short, or closely connected, the comma is not used, as, " Revelation tells us how -we may attain happiness.
Pagina 111 - words in their order. Time and tide wait for no man. The evening and the morning were the first day. The memory of the just is blessed, but the name of the wicked shall rot. If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy
Pagina 220 - stars," and blossoms' in the trees, Lives' through all life," extends' through all extent, Spreads' undivided," operates' unspent" • EXERCISES. As exercises in scanning, lines or stanzas from any poetical work may be selected. COMPOSITION. 1120. COMPOSITION is the art of expressing our sentiments in spoken or written language. It is of two kinds, Prose and Poetry.
Pagina 206 - which may be omitted without injuring the construction of the sentence; as, " Know ye not, brethren (for I speak to them that know the law), how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth.
Pagina 220 - marked ("), the latter ('):— . " The steer and lion" at one crib shall meet, And harmless serpents" lick the pilgrim's feet." " The crested basilisk" and speckled snake." " And on the sightless eyeballs" pour the day." " But not to me returns Day," or the sweet approach of even or morn."
Pagina 220 - Warms' in the sun," refreshes' in the breeze, Glows' in the stars," and blossoms' in the trees, Lives' through all life," extends' through all extent, Spreads' undivided," operates' unspent
Pagina 210 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell; To slowly trace the forest's shady scenes." 6. A common poetic license consists in employing or and nor instead of either and neither; as—
Pagina 220 - But not to me returns Day," or the sweet approach of even or morn." " No sooner had the Almighty ceased," but all The multitude of angels" with a shout, Loud" as from numbers without numbers," sweet As from blest voices" uttering joy.
Pagina 203 - Reading makes a full man; conversation, a ready man; and writing, an exact man." 1003. RULE 14.— Words repeated are separated by a comma; as, "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty."—" No, no, no, it can not be." 1004. RULE 15.—Inverted sentences, by throwing two or more words