A Practical Grammar of the English LanguageJohn P. Morton & Company, 1846 - 254 páginas Series title on front cover. |
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... Transitive 136 139 Rule Verb X. , Object of Preposi- 168 141 142 Rule tion .. XI . , Subject of Infinitive 173 171 147 Rule XII . , Infinitive Mood .... 174 Rule XIII . , Participles . Rule XIV . , Prepositions Rule XV . , Adverbs 176 ...
... Transitive 136 139 Rule Verb X. , Object of Preposi- 168 141 142 Rule tion .. XI . , Subject of Infinitive 173 171 147 Rule XII . , Infinitive Mood .... 174 Rule XIII . , Participles . Rule XIV . , Prepositions Rule XV . , Adverbs 176 ...
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... transitive verb , or of a preposition , it is in the objective case ; as , " John struck William ; " " Thomas jumped over the log . " Here , William is the object of the verb struck ; and log is the object of the preposition over ...
... transitive verb , or of a preposition , it is in the objective case ; as , " John struck William ; " " Thomas jumped over the log . " Here , William is the object of the verb struck ; and log is the object of the preposition over ...
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... transitive verbs are in capital letters , and the prepositions in italics . The snake BIT the dog . The wolf BIT the horse . John THREW a stone . The musician BROKE his violin . Peter SAW his shadow . Benjamin went to Boston . Boys LOVE ...
... transitive verbs are in capital letters , and the prepositions in italics . The snake BIT the dog . The wolf BIT the horse . John THREW a stone . The musician BROKE his violin . Peter SAW his shadow . Benjamin went to Boston . Boys LOVE ...
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... transitive verbs . Peter DROVE the horse from John's barn . Columbus DIS- COVERED America . The house was consumed ... transitive verb drove . third per- RULE IX . - The object of a transitive verb is put in the objective case . John's ...
... transitive verbs . Peter DROVE the horse from John's barn . Columbus DIS- COVERED America . The house was consumed ... transitive verb drove . third per- RULE IX . - The object of a transitive verb is put in the objective case . John's ...
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... transitive verbs , and those in small capitals are intransitive verbs . That boy RODE the vicious horse . A good man LOVES all men . Robert GOT some sour apples . William HAS five white marbles . Jonathan SHOT some fat birds . Diligent ...
... transitive verbs , and those in small capitals are intransitive verbs . That boy RODE the vicious horse . A good man LOVES all men . Robert GOT some sour apples . William HAS five white marbles . Jonathan SHOT some fat birds . Diligent ...
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accented action active voice adjuncts anapestic antecedent apple apposition auxiliary perfect participle beautiful Cæsar called comma common noun connected consonant correct defective verb denote dependent clause English equivalent expressed feet feminine finite verb flowers following sentences Future Perfect FUTURE PERFECT TENSE George grammatical predicate grammatical subject happy hath heaven horse imperative mood imperfect INDICATIVE MOOD infinitive mood interjections interrogative intransitive killed king language letter limiting adjective live loved masculine modified noun or pronoun number and person o'er object participial noun passive participle passive voice past tense pause person singular PLUPERFECT plural possessive potential mood preceding predicate nominative preposition PRESENT PERFECT TENSE PRESENT TENSE refer relative clause relative pronoun Remark Rule xii sense singular number sound subjunctive mood superlative sweet Tell thee thing third person tive transitive verb trochee virtue vowel wish words write written
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Página 194 - Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth; And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny; and youth is vain; And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain.
Página 234 - Live while you live, the Epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live while you live, the sacred Preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.
Página 229 - Never, never more, shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom.
Página 196 - His spear, — to equal which, the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand...
Página 243 - Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come, and trip it as you go, On the light fantastic toe; And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain-nymph, sweet Liberty; And, if I give thee honor due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free...
Página 250 - How small , of all that human hearts endure , That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Página 245 - I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn on the alder bough ; I brought him home, in his nest, at even ; He sings the song, but it pleases not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky; — He sang to my ear, — they sang to my eye.
Página 232 - AT midnight, in his guarded tent, The Turk was dreaming of the hour When Greece, her knee in suppliance bent, Should tremble at his power ; In dreams, through camp and court, he bore The trophies of a conqueror ; In dreams his song of triumph heard. Then wore his monarch's signet ring, Then pressed that monarch's throne — a King ; As wild his thoughts, and gay of wing, As Eden's garden bird.
Página 252 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men ; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell...
Página 223 - It is the generous Spirit, who, when brought Among the tasks of real life, hath wrought Upon the plan that pleased his boyish thought: Whose high endeavours are an inward light That makes the path before him always bright...