The Secretary, and Complete Letter Writer: Containing a Collection of Letters Upon Most Occasions and Situations in Life. To which is Added, an Essay on Letter WritingKnott & Lloyd, 1803 - 168 oldal |
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vi. oldal
... less expence , Had taught thee honour , virtue , sense , And rais'd thee from a coachman's fate , To govern men , and guide the state . " WHITEHEAD . A SEMICOLON makes a full distinction , while the reader may count two . - This stop is ...
... less expence , Had taught thee honour , virtue , sense , And rais'd thee from a coachman's fate , To govern men , and guide the state . " WHITEHEAD . A SEMICOLON makes a full distinction , while the reader may count two . - This stop is ...
xv. oldal
... less Much , many more Near nearer Late later Sup . best worst least most nearest , next latest , last " Presumptuous ... less ? Ask of thy mother earth , why oaks are made Toller or stronger , than the weeds they shade ? Or ask of yonder ...
... less Much , many more Near nearer Late later Sup . best worst least most nearest , next latest , last " Presumptuous ... less ? Ask of thy mother earth , why oaks are made Toller or stronger , than the weeds they shade ? Or ask of yonder ...
lv. oldal
... , most happily ... Many words are used both as adjectives and ad- verbs ; as , more , most little , less , least ; weekly , monthly , yearly , & c . Substan- Substantives are sometimes used as adverbs ; as , yesterday ETYMOLOGY . lv.
... , most happily ... Many words are used both as adjectives and ad- verbs ; as , more , most little , less , least ; weekly , monthly , yearly , & c . Substan- Substantives are sometimes used as adverbs ; as , yesterday ETYMOLOGY . lv.
lvi. oldal
... less , an opposition in the sense ; as , " I went , but did not succeed . " " Nor would the Nile more watry stores contain , But that he ftagnates on the Lybian plain ; Nor would the Danube run with greater force , But that he gathers ...
... less , an opposition in the sense ; as , " I went , but did not succeed . " " Nor would the Nile more watry stores contain , But that he ftagnates on the Lybian plain ; Nor would the Danube run with greater force , But that he gathers ...
3. oldal
... less , you are never likely to lose it , and less likely , if you continue your studies with the same diligence as you have begun them . Your proficience in arithmetic is not only to be commended , but adinired . Your master does not ...
... less , you are never likely to lose it , and less likely , if you continue your studies with the same diligence as you have begun them . Your proficience in arithmetic is not only to be commended , but adinired . Your master does not ...
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Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
accusative acquaintance adjective affection affectionate Bedouin brother called could,should dare daugh daughter DEAR SIR death denotes durst duty endeavour esteem evil father formed fortitude fortune friendship FUTURE PERFECT TENSE gentleman give gone Grace happiness heart hope human humble Servant husband IBID IMPERATIVE MOOD INDICATIVE MOOD INFINITIVE MOOD Johnson kind learning letter Lord loved Luxembourg Madam Maignet ment mind mother nature never PARTICIPLE passion perhaps person Petrarch placed pleasure Plural POPE POTENTIAL MOOD PRESENT TENSE PRETER PRETERIMPERFECT TENSE PRETERPERFECT PRETERPLUPERFECT TENSE prison pronoun reason received revolutionary revolutionary tribunal right honourable Robespierre scene sense shew shouldest sincere Singular sometimes soothing soul SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD substantives suffered tears tenderness thing Thou hast Thou mayest Thou mightest Thou shalt tion tribunal Vaucluse verb virtue vowel wife wilt wish words wouldest write young lady your's
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93. oldal - The greatest benefit which one friend can confer upon another, is to guard, and excite, and elevate his virtues. This your mother will still perform, if...
lvii. oldal - ... whole The first, last purpose of the human soul ; And knows where faith, law, morals, all began, All end, in love of God and love of man.
vii. oldal - Careless their merits, or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he prayed and felt for all...
143. oldal - And the green turf lie lightly on thy breast : There shall the morn her earliest tears bestow, There the first roses of the year shall blow; While angels with their silver wings o'ershade The ground, now sacred by thy reliques made.
74. oldal - I am ignorant of any one quality, that is amiable in a man, which is not equally so in a woman : I do not except even modesty and gentleness of nature. Nor do I know one vice or folly, which is not equally detestable in both.
xv. oldal - Why form'd so weak, so little, and so blind? First, if thou canst, the harder reason guess, Why form'd no weaker, blinder, and no less?
157. oldal - Wherever we are studious to please, we are afraid of trusting our first thoughts, and endeavour to recommend our opinion by studied ornaments, accuracy of method, and elegance of style.
144. oldal - Burns's poems, and have read them twice ; and though they be written in a language that is new to me, and many of them on subjects much inferior to the author's ability, I think them on the whole a very extraordinary production.
130. oldal - It is the curse of kings, to be attended By slaves, that take their humours for a warrant To break within the bloody house of life ; And, on the winking of authority, To understand a law ; to know the meaning Of dangerous majesty, when, perchance, it frowns More upon humour, than advis'd respect.
84. oldal - Soon after I perceived that I had suffered a paralytic stroke, and that my speech was taken from me. I had no pain, and so little dejection in this dreadful state, that I wondered at my own apathy, and considered that perhaps death itself, when it should come, would excite less horror than seems now to attend it.