Examples and Exercises in English Parsing, Syntax, and the Analysis of Sentences. Together with a Brief Outline of Etymology, Syntax, and AnalysisLongmans, Green, & Company, 1867 - 63 pages |
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... fair and gallant forms To catch thy gaze , and uttering graceful words To charm thy ear . - Bryant . 48. So for long hours sat Enid by her lord , There in the naked hall , propping his head , And chafing his pale hands , and calling to ...
... fair and gallant forms To catch thy gaze , and uttering graceful words To charm thy ear . - Bryant . 48. So for long hours sat Enid by her lord , There in the naked hall , propping his head , And chafing his pale hands , and calling to ...
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... fair , came up , and shaking me by the hand , proposed adjourning to a public house , and taking a glass of whatever we could get . 34 . 35 . 36 . Goldsmith . Who he was That piled these stones , and with a mossy sod First covered o'er ...
... fair , came up , and shaking me by the hand , proposed adjourning to a public house , and taking a glass of whatever we could get . 34 . 35 . 36 . Goldsmith . Who he was That piled these stones , and with a mossy sod First covered o'er ...
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... fair spirit from whom all true And perfect beauty did at first proceed . - Spenser . 43 . Having reached the house , I found its rescued inmate safely lodged , And in serene possession of himself Beside a genial fire , that seemed to ...
... fair spirit from whom all true And perfect beauty did at first proceed . - Spenser . 43 . Having reached the house , I found its rescued inmate safely lodged , And in serene possession of himself Beside a genial fire , that seemed to ...
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... Fair dawned the morning , and the early sun Poured on the latticed cot a cheerful gleam . Southey . Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by the sun of York ; And all the clouds that loured on our house In the deep ...
... Fair dawned the morning , and the early sun Poured on the latticed cot a cheerful gleam . Southey . Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by the sun of York ; And all the clouds that loured on our house In the deep ...
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William Davis (B.A.). A. Now came still evening on B. A. Fair dawned the morning Principal still evening came a . now ; b . on EXAMPLE II . Principal the morning dawned fair That loured on our house EXAMPLE III . Analyse the following ...
William Davis (B.A.). A. Now came still evening on B. A. Fair dawned the morning Principal still evening came a . now ; b . on EXAMPLE II . Principal the morning dawned fair That loured on our house EXAMPLE III . Analyse the following ...
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adverb Analyse the following ANALYSIS Auxiliary Verbs beautiful beneath Cæsar called Complete or Perfect Complete or Pluperfect COMPOUND SENTENCE containing a predicate curfew tolls deep doth ETYMOLOGY Extension finite verb flat flatter Flatter flatter FUTURE flattered Past Complete flattered PAST TENSE flattered Plural flattered Present Complete flattered Thou mayst flattered Thou wilt flattering Let flower following sentences gend gleam Goldsmith gray ground heart heaven hills IMPERATIVE MOOD Incomplete INDICATIVE MOOD INFINITIVE MOOD look mightst or couldst mighty heart Milton morning never night noun or pronoun o'er Past Indefinite person POTENTIAL MOOD preposition Present Indefinite PRESENT TENSE principal assertions relative pronoun river rock rude RULE Scott sentence containing sentences according Shakspeare simple sentences sing soul Southey stood Subject Predicate Completion SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD subordinate assertion SYNTAX Tennyson toil tolls the knell transitive verb trees vale wild wind word Wordsworth yonder young
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Page 59 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Page 49 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Page 48 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life, but, for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.
Page 54 - And bid them speak for me: but were I Brutus, And Brutus Antony, there were an Antony Would ruffle up your spirits and put a tongue In every wound of Caesar that should move The stones of Rome to rise and mutiny.
Page 52 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Page 56 - He, who through vast immensity can pierce, See worlds on worlds compose one universe, Observe how system into system runs, What other planets circle other suns, What varied being peoples every star, May tell why Heaven has made us as we are.
Page 42 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year...
Page 52 - More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day. For what are men better than sheep or goats That nourish a blind life within the brain, If, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer Both for themselves and those who call them friend? For so the whole round earth is every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God.
Page 50 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned.
Page 52 - He paused, as if revolving in his soul Some weighty matter ; then, with fervent voice And an impassioned majesty, exclaimed — "O for the coming of that glorious time When, prizing knowledge as her noblest wealth And best protection, this imperial Realm, While she exacts allegiance, shall admit An obligation, on her part, to teach Them who are born to serve her and obey ; Binding herself by statute to secure For all the children whom her soil maintains The rudiments of letters, and inform The mind...