Live and Learn: A Guide for All, who Wish to Speak and Write CorrectlyJ.F. Shaw, 1855 |
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... manner of addressing letters . " - The Economist . " We can conscientiously commend this little volume as one few can peruse without deriving advantage . " - Church and State Gazette . 66 This work is one of substantial merit , and ...
... manner of addressing letters . " - The Economist . " We can conscientiously commend this little volume as one few can peruse without deriving advantage . " - Church and State Gazette . 66 This work is one of substantial merit , and ...
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... manner as the simple words , of which they are com- posed ; as , here - after , ice - house . Exc . - An e is dropped in wherever ; and words ending in I often drop one 7 in composition ; as , with - al , un - til , al - ready . E is ...
... manner as the simple words , of which they are com- posed ; as , here - after , ice - house . Exc . - An e is dropped in wherever ; and words ending in I often drop one 7 in composition ; as , with - al , un - til , al - ready . E is ...
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... manner . Examples : - " I busied myself in crossing my t's and dotting my i's very industriously . ” — Willis . " The first or leading figures change from 9's to O's . " - Hutton . " Who , that has any taste , can en- dure the incessant ...
... manner . Examples : - " I busied myself in crossing my t's and dotting my i's very industriously . ” — Willis . " The first or leading figures change from 9's to O's . " - Hutton . " Who , that has any taste , can en- dure the incessant ...
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... manner . The words cannon , sail , and head , are also frequently 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 ...
... manner . The words cannon , sail , and head , are also frequently 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 ...
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... Manners Tidings Morals Tongs Nippers Nones Orgies Pincers Thanks Vespers Vitals Victuals Nouns , denoting objects , which do not admit of plurality , are used only in the singular ; as , gold , silver , wheat , wine , flour , industry ...
... Manners Tidings Morals Tongs Nippers Nones Orgies Pincers Thanks Vespers Vitals Victuals Nouns , denoting objects , which do not admit of plurality , are used only in the singular ; as , gold , silver , wheat , wine , flour , industry ...
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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.