A Drill Book in EnglishAllyn and Bacon, 1891 - 106 pages |
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... modified that opinion ; for though he " did " his classics and mathematics , he was not pre- eminent in them . Exercise 2 . Justify the use of capitals in the following : - DEATH OF PAUL DOMBEY . When Paul saw him , he stretched out his ...
... modified that opinion ; for though he " did " his classics and mathematics , he was not pre- eminent in them . Exercise 2 . Justify the use of capitals in the following : - DEATH OF PAUL DOMBEY . When Paul saw him , he stretched out his ...
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... modify , are not separated by commas from the words which they modify . This exception applies most frequently to restrictive relative clauses , to clauses introduced by as and than in comparisons , and to single object clauses ...
... modify , are not separated by commas from the words which they modify . This exception applies most frequently to restrictive relative clauses , to clauses introduced by as and than in comparisons , and to single object clauses ...
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... modify , and the voice in reading them is naturally checked , in order to give the desired meaning ; as , In all the countries of the Old World , beggars are as numerous as street lights . 11. Infinitive phrases are usually set off by ...
... modify , and the voice in reading them is naturally checked , in order to give the desired meaning ; as , In all the countries of the Old World , beggars are as numerous as street lights . 11. Infinitive phrases are usually set off by ...
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... modified , the comma should be omitted before it ; as , Many ragged little children were seen playing about the door . 19. All nouns in the singular number and all nouns in the plural ending with any other letter than s , form the ...
... modified , the comma should be omitted before it ; as , Many ragged little children were seen playing about the door . 19. All nouns in the singular number and all nouns in the plural ending with any other letter than s , form the ...
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... modified , should be separated by commas . or semicolons ; as , He dined at his club , but supped with his family on the Avenue . 31. When a date is inserted in a sentence without a preposition or other word to connect it with the ...
... modified , should be separated by commas . or semicolons ; as , He dined at his club , but supped with his family on the Avenue . 31. When a date is inserted in a sentence without a preposition or other word to connect it with the ...
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accused adjectives adverb answer antecedent appositive beautiful begin with capitals Boston brother Brown Cæsar called carthage cast clause compound sentence conjunction Cordelia Correct the errors coxswain death Derivatives formed dillon DRILL BOOK exclamation point Exercise expressed father Faust favor feel fell finite verb fore formed by adding Ganymede gerundive give hand heart honor horse Incorrect indefinite article indicates infinitive interrogation interrogation point Justify the punctuation killed king ladies learned letters live mark mind modified never noun or pronoun object omitted opinion participle personal pronouns PETER SCHOEFFER phrase plural present prince promissive proposition quotation Rasselas relative clause relative pronoun rich RULES semicolon sentence takes separated by commas singular nouns Smith soon specific gravity spider superlative takes a comma teacher things thou tion transitive verb truth victory voice write
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Page 30 - It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision.
Page 30 - 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. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise is gone...
Page 33 - There have been spectacles more dazzling to the eye, more gorgeous with jewellery and cloth of gold, more attractive to grown-up children, than that which was then exhibited at Westminster ; but, perhaps, there never was a spectacle so well calculated to strike a highly cultivated, a reflecting, an imaginative mind.
Page 30 - ... little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honour and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone!
Page 14 - and Floy, come close to me, and let me see you ! " Sister and brother wound their arms around each other, and the golden light came streaming in, and fell upon them, locked together. " How fast the river runs, between its green banks and the rushes, Floy ! But it's very near the sea. I hear the waves ! They always said so f " Presently he told her that the motion of the boat upon the stream was lulling him to rest.
Page 16 - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind: His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way...
Page 34 - The long galleries were crowded by an audience such as has rarely excited the fears or the emulation of an orator.
Page 14 - He put his hands together, as he had been used to do at his prayers. He did not remove his arms to do it; but they saw him fold them so, behind her neck. "Mama is like you, Floy. I know her by the face! But tell them that the print upon the stairs at school is not divine enough. The light about the head is shining on me as I go!
Page 16 - Who sees with equal eye , as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst , and now a world.
Page 16 - Hope humbly then ; with trembling pinions soar ; Wait the great teacher Death ; and God adore. What future bliss, he gives not thee to know, But gives that Hope to be thy blessing now. Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never Is, but always To be blest: The soul, uneasy and confin'd from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come.