A Treatise on the Structure of the English Language, Or, The Analysis and Classification of Sentences and Their Component Parts: With Illustrations and Exercises Adapted to the Use of SchoolsCowperthwait & Company, 1846 - 258 sider |
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Side 21
... brother , brothers ; ; " " priest , priestess ; " " man , men . " 42. The accidental properties of the subject , or of the noun , in any relation , are number , gender , person , case . ( a . ) These properties belong to the noun or ...
... brother , brothers ; ; " " priest , priestess ; " " man , men . " 42. The accidental properties of the subject , or of the noun , in any relation , are number , gender , person , case . ( a . ) These properties belong to the noun or ...
Side 53
... brother George was absent . " ( a . ) When the limiting noun denotes a person , it generally agrees with the limited , in number , gender , and case . ( 60 , 1. ) MODEL FOR ANALYZING AND PARSING . King Charles was beheaded . It is a ...
... brother George was absent . " ( a . ) When the limiting noun denotes a person , it generally agrees with the limited , in number , gender , and case . ( 60 , 1. ) MODEL FOR ANALYZING AND PARSING . King Charles was beheaded . It is a ...
Side 64
... brother will not come ; " Perhaps he will come ; " " Possibly he may " " He will probably come ; ' come ; " He will assuredly come . " ( b . ) The predicate adjective or par iciple , following copulative verbs , generally indicates the ...
... brother will not come ; " Perhaps he will come ; " " Possibly he may " " He will probably come ; ' come ; " He will assuredly come . " ( b . ) The predicate adjective or par iciple , following copulative verbs , generally indicates the ...
Side 71
... brother's son ; A noun in apposition to a noun in apposition ; as , “ His brother David the painter . " In the first example , - brother's " limits " son , " and " Jacob's " imits " brother's . " In the second , " David " limits " brother ...
... brother's son ; A noun in apposition to a noun in apposition ; as , “ His brother David the painter . " In the first example , - brother's " limits " son , " and " Jacob's " imits " brother's . " In the second , " David " limits " brother ...
Side 72
... brother's son was sick . Alfred the Great subdued the Danish king . Peter the hermit preached the first crusade . William the Conqueror defeated Harold the Saxon king . Excess produces premature old age . Touch it very lightly . Avarice ...
... brother's son was sick . Alfred the Great subdued the Danish king . Peter the hermit preached the first crusade . William the Conqueror defeated Harold the Saxon king . Excess produces premature old age . Touch it very lightly . Avarice ...
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abridged according to Rule adjective clause adjective element adverbial clause adverbial element adverbs affirmed Analyze the following ANALYZING AND PARSING Appendix attri attribute Cæsar called clauses denoting complex element complex predicate complex sentence compound sentence connected Coördinate conjunctions copula ellipsis examples EXERCISE expressed following propositions following sentences form the predicate gender George grammatical Hence horse indicated indirect object infinitive interrogative sentence James ject joined limiting adjective loved ment MODELS FOR ANALYZING modifier NOTE noun or pronoun number and person passive form past perfect Past Tense Perfect Tense Peter the hermit phrase plural possessive potential mode predicate-nominative Pres present tense principal clause Prog progressive form pupil relation relative pronoun Relative Tenses represent second class SECTION simple elements simple sentence sing singular number speaker subject and predicate subjunctive subordinate clause subordinate elements substantive clause tence third person thou tive transitive verb Trochaic words Write ten sentences
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Side 182 - Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honor's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death?
Side 179 - I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor : and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
Side 176 - A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Side 132 - But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
Side 182 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn. Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Side 166 - If there be, within the extent of our knowledge or influence, any participation in this traffic, let us pledge ourselves here, upon the rock of Plymouth, to extirpate and destroy it. It is not fit that the land of the Pilgrims should bear the shame longer.
Side 9 - There are certain social principles in human nature from which we may draw the most solid conclusions with respect to the conduct of individuals and of communities. We love our families more than our neighbors; we love our neighbors more than our countrymen in general. The human affections, like the solar heat, lose their intensity as they depart from the centre, and become languid in proportion to the expansion of the circle on which they act.
Side 119 - Recounting the dark catalogue of abuses which they had suffered, and appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of their intentions ; in the name, and by the authority of the people, the only fountain of legitimate power, they shook off forever their allegiance to the British crown, and pronounced the united colonies an INDEPENDENT NATION ! What their " feelings, manners and principles...
Side 151 - ... each member felt disposed to lay the blame on the others. At length the dial instituted a formal inquiry as to the cause of the stagnation, when hands, wheels, weights, with one voice, protested their innocence.
Side 10 - Shut now the volume of history, and tell me, on any principle of human probability, what shall be the fate of this handful of adventurers. Tell me, man of military science, in how many months were they all swept off...