Live and Learn: A Guide for All, who Wish to Speak and Write CorrectlyJ.F. Shaw, 1855 |
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14. oldal
... employ a term in the masculine gender ; as , Man is mortal ; " The authors and poets of the age . ” 66 In speaking of young children , and of animate objects , whose sex is unknown , we often employ the neuter pronoun it ; as , " The ...
... employ a term in the masculine gender ; as , Man is mortal ; " The authors and poets of the age . ” 66 In speaking of young children , and of animate objects , whose sex is unknown , we often employ the neuter pronoun it ; as , " The ...
23. oldal
... employed in a plural sense . Examples : - " Nelson now proceeded to his sta- tion with eight sail of frigates under his command . " -Southey . " A body of a thousand horse was sent forward to reconnoitre the city . ” — Robertson ...
... employed in a plural sense . Examples : - " Nelson now proceeded to his sta- tion with eight sail of frigates under his command . " -Southey . " A body of a thousand horse was sent forward to reconnoitre the city . ” — Robertson ...
30. oldal
... employed inter- rogatively in the third person , has a potential signifi- cation , and is used to inquire the will of the person addressed ; as , " Shall John order the carriage ? " Will , used interrogatively in the second person , is ...
... employed inter- rogatively in the third person , has a potential signifi- cation , and is used to inquire the will of the person addressed ; as , " Shall John order the carriage ? " Will , used interrogatively in the second person , is ...
34. oldal
... Mown , Mowed * The irregular past tense and perfect participle of this verb are employed in sea language ; but the latter rarely . † Lie , to tell a falsehood , is regular . Pres . Past . Perf . Part . Pay , 34 ON IRREGULAR VERBS .
... Mown , Mowed * The irregular past tense and perfect participle of this verb are employed in sea language ; but the latter rarely . † Lie , to tell a falsehood , is regular . Pres . Past . Perf . Part . Pay , 34 ON IRREGULAR VERBS .
38. oldal
... employing them : - Both - and : " It is the work of a mind fitted both for minute researches and for large speculations . " — Macaulay . Though , although yet , still , nevertheless : " Though deep , yet clear - though gentle , yet not ...
... employing them : - Both - and : " It is the work of a mind fitted both for minute researches and for large speculations . " — Macaulay . Though , although yet , still , nevertheless : " Though deep , yet clear - though gentle , yet not ...
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105. oldal - The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death Through the still lapse of ages.
106. oldal - The reverend champion stood. At his control, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise.
106. oldal - How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man!
121. oldal - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen ; But, seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
120. oldal - The wicked flee when no man pursueth : but the righteous are bold as a lion.
120. oldal - And it came to pass at noon that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either he is talking or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
115. oldal - ship-boy on the high and giddy mast," but also in the cabin, where every menial office fell to my lot : yet if I was restless and discontented, I can safely say, it was not so much on account of this, as of my being precluded from all possibility of reading; as my master did not possess, nor do I recollect seeing during the whole time of my abode with him, a single book of any description, except the...
121. oldal - O gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down. And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
96. oldal - 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.
120. oldal - But small the bliss that sense alone bestows, And sensual bliss is all the nation knows. In florid beauty groves and fields appear ; Man seems the only growth that dwindles here. Contrasted faults through all his manners reign : Though poor, luxurious ; though submissive, vain ^ Though grave, yet trifling ; zealous, yet untrue ; And e'en in penance planning sins anew.