CONTENTS

PART I. THE SENTENCE AND ITS ELEMENTS

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CHAPTER I. THE SENTENCE .

CHAPTER II. PARTS OF SPEECH

CHAPTER III. SUBJECT SUBSTANTIVE; PREDICATE VERB

CHAPTER IV. COMPLEMENTS

CHAPTER V. MODIFIERS .

CHAPTER VI. INDEPENDENT ELEMENTS

CHAPTER VII. PHRASES

CHAPTER VIII. CLAUSES

CHAPTER IX. KINDS OF SENTENCE AS TO FORM

CHAPTER X. ANALYSIS OF SENTENCES

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The End of Day
The Village Blacksmith .
The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Saved!
The Constitution
Spring
Don Quixote and the Windmills
The Signing of the Declaration of Independence
Washington Crossing the Delaware
A Trout Stream in the South .
The Horse Fair
The Song of the Lark
A Scene in the Southern Mountains
Priscilla .
Trees on Boston Common
Columbus on the Santa Maria
Washington
Life in the Country
Mr. Micawber
Sidney Lanier

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