Rudiments of English composition. [With] Key1839 |
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Alexander Reid. IV . STRUCTURE OF SENTENCES . SECTION I. Variety of Construction , II . Variety of Construction ( continued ) , III . Simple Sentences , IV . Abridgment of Complex Sentences , Page 44 V. Abridgment of Complex Sentences ...
Alexander Reid. IV . STRUCTURE OF SENTENCES . SECTION I. Variety of Construction , II . Variety of Construction ( continued ) , III . Simple Sentences , IV . Abridgment of Complex Sentences , Page 44 V. Abridgment of Complex Sentences ...
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... construction , commas are placed between them ; as , ' Alfred was a brave , pious , and patriotic prince . ' 1. When two words in the same construction are joined by a conjunction , they do not require a comma between them ; as ...
... construction , commas are placed between them ; as , ' Alfred was a brave , pious , and patriotic prince . ' 1. When two words in the same construction are joined by a conjunction , they do not require a comma between them ; as ...
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... CONSTRUCTION . Vary the construction in the following sentences by changing the subjects , the predicates , or the objects . EXAMPLE . Temperance in eating and drinking is the best preservative of health . To be temperate in eating and ...
... CONSTRUCTION . Vary the construction in the following sentences by changing the subjects , the predicates , or the objects . EXAMPLE . Temperance in eating and drinking is the best preservative of health . To be temperate in eating and ...
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... CONSTRUCTION ( continued ) . Vary the construction of the following passages , by changing the first or second person into the third , or the third into the first or second : - EXAMPLES . 1. " I thank thee , " cried the dying consul ...
... CONSTRUCTION ( continued ) . Vary the construction of the following passages , by changing the first or second person into the third , or the third into the first or second : - EXAMPLES . 1. " I thank thee , " cried the dying consul ...
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... OF IDEAS . Let the Pupil express the ideas contained in the following passages , in sentences of his own construction and arrangement : - EXAMPLE . When a man says , in conversation , 66 ARRANGEMENT OF SENTENCES . Expression of Ideas,
... OF IDEAS . Let the Pupil express the ideas contained in the following passages , in sentences of his own construction and arrangement : - EXAMPLE . When a man says , in conversation , 66 ARRANGEMENT OF SENTENCES . Expression of Ideas,
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adjective admirably adverbs Ancient approbation article is placed beautiful cheapness Cincinnatus clauses commas consonant Coriolanus Correct such errors Courier duty eating and drinking elementary enemies evil EXAMPLE EXERCISES favour following passages following sentences friendship give Grammar habit happiness honour ideas indefinite article infinite jest infinitive mood ingra Julius Cæsar king knowledge labour language live mankind manual maps ment Metaphors mind MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS nature ness never noun objects observed passions peace person perspicuity piety pleasure possessed preceded Prepositions pronoun proposition Pupils quadrupeds racter Reid's relative pronoun religion remarkable rhetorically arranged rich Roman Sacred Geography schools Scripture SECTION sentence consists silent e stings of conscience STRUCTURE OF SENTENCES style Teacher temperance in eating tempest tences thee thing thou tion Tis green truth verb virtue virtuous wall of China wise words and phrases write young youth
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Страница 108 - Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her? The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
Страница 22 - All our conduct towards men should be influenced by this important precept " Do unto others as you would that others should do unto you.
Страница 112 - Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath borne me on his back a thousand times. And now how abhorred in my imagination it is! My gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft.
Страница 51 - A brute arrives at a point of perfection that he can never pass : in a few years he has all the endowments he is capable of; and were he to live ten thousand more, would be the same thing he is at present.
Страница 66 - Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss ; A fool might once himself alone expose, Now one in verse makes many more in prose.
Страница 113 - And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth : so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
Страница 34 - I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou earnest.
Страница 72 - mongst other matter, Of the Chameleon's form and nature. ' A stranger animal,' cries one, ' Sure never lived beneath the sun : A lizard's body lean and long, A fish's head, a serpent's tongue, Its foot with triple claw disjoined ; And what a length of tail behind ! How slow its pace ! and then its hue — Who ever saw so fine a blue?"
Страница 11 - The Lord of all, himself through all diffused, Sustains, and is the life of all that lives. Nature is but a name for an effect, Whose cause is God.
Страница 112 - I cannot but imagine the virtuous heroes, legislators, and patriots, of every age and country, are bending from their elevated seats to witness this contest, as if they were incapable, till it be brought to a favourable issue, of enjoying their eternal repose. Enjoy that repose, illustrious immortals...