An Elementary English Grammar: For the Use of SchoolsTaylor, Walton, and Maberly, 1851 - 216 oldal |
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a x x accented syllable addition Adjectives preceded Adverbs Anglo-Saxon blank verse called combination compound concord of number constitute copula dative denotes Derivation by means English language equivalent exhibited expressed father female forms in A. S. Formula a x Germany Gothic languages governed grammar guages Hence horse John walk Latin language Latin word letter lines male masculine measures metre mood mortal Moso-Gothic nature nominative noun object Old High German Old Norse Old Saxon original British original word Past Participles past tense phrases plural forms plural number possessive Possessive Pronouns predicate present English preterite proposition respect rhyme ridden Saxon sense sentence sh in shine shews simple single singular number small vowel speak spelling spelt spoken stanza Substantives preceded superlative syllable Syntax th in thin thine thing thou tive verb substantive verse vowel walk weak verbs whilst words ending write written
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193. oldal - In the Spring a fuller crimson comes upon the robin's breast; In the Spring the wanton lapwing gets himself another crest; In the Spring a livelier iris changes on the burnish'd dove; In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.
181. oldal - O'ER the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free, Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam, Survey our empire, and behold our home ! These are our realms, no limits to their sway — Our flag the sceptre all who meet obey.
102. oldal - 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.
193. oldal - Let us swear an oath, and keep it with an equal mind, In the hollow Lotos-land to live and lie reclined On the hills like Gods together, careless of mankind.
187. oldal - Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to 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 of kings, It is an attribute to God himself, And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice.
193. oldal - Pleiads, rising thro' the mellow shade, Glitter like a swarm of fire-flies tangled in a silver braid. Here about the beach I wander'd, nourishing a youth sublime With the fairy tales of science, and the long result of Time ; When the centuries behind me like a fruitful land reposed ; When I clung to all the present for the promise that it closed : When I dipt into the future far as human eye could see; Saw the Vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be.
187. oldal - The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes...
205. oldal - Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen : Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown.
195. oldal - 'WAS when the seas were roaring With hollow blasts of wind, A damsel lay deploring. All on a rock reclined. Wide o'er the foaming billows She cast a wistful look ; Her head was crown'd with willows, That trembled o'er the brook.
198. oldal - Reserved him to more wrath; for now the thought Both of lost happiness and lasting pain Torments him; round he throws his baleful eyes, That witnessed huge affliction and dismay, Mixed with obdurate pride and steadfast hate. At once, as far as Angels...