Live and Learn: A Guide for All, who Wish to Speak and Write CorrectlyJ.F. Shaw, 1855 |
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14. oldal
... give life and sex to things inanimate , contributes greatly to the force and beauty of our language , and renders it , in this respect , superior to the polished languages of Greece and Rome . No fixed rule can be given to determine ...
... give life and sex to things inanimate , contributes greatly to the force and beauty of our language , and renders it , in this respect , superior to the polished languages of Greece and Rome . No fixed rule can be given to determine ...
33. oldal
... Give , for- , mis- Gave Given Go , for- , under- Went Gone Grave , en- Graved Graved Grind Ground Ground Grow Grew Grown Have Had Had Hang * Hung Hung * Hang , to take away life by hanging , is regular ; as , " Judas departed , and went ...
... Give , for- , mis- Gave Given Go , for- , under- Went Gone Grave , en- Graved Graved Grind Ground Ground Grow Grew Grown Have Had Had Hang * Hung Hung * Hang , to take away life by hanging , is regular ; as , " Judas departed , and went ...
49. oldal
... give more than a glance and a passing note of admiration to the beauty of the scene . " 24. Relatives should be so placed as to prevent all ambiguity in regard to the words , which they are intended to represent . The following sentence ...
... give more than a glance and a passing note of admiration to the beauty of the scene . " 24. Relatives should be so placed as to prevent all ambiguity in regard to the words , which they are intended to represent . The following sentence ...
62. oldal
... gives it edge and power . " - Pope . “ Born but to die , and reasoning but to err . ” — Idem . 73. A noun , governing the possessive plural , should not be made plural , unless the sense require it . Thus : say , " We have changed our ...
... gives it edge and power . " - Pope . “ Born but to die , and reasoning but to err . ” — Idem . 73. A noun , governing the possessive plural , should not be made plural , unless the sense require it . Thus : say , " We have changed our ...
88. oldal
... give him an answer . He is one of the few men in these days , who do not meddle with questions , over which they have no con- trol . " 187. " The patronage , which the British Colonies affords to the home government is immense ...
... give him an answer . He is one of the few men in these days , who do not meddle with questions , over which they have no con- trol . " 187. " The patronage , which the British Colonies affords to the home government is immense ...
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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.