The English Language: Its Grammar, History, and Literature, with Chapters on Composition, Versification, Paraphrasing, and PunctuationD.C. Heath & Company, 1887 - Всего страниц: 466 |
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... becomes more and more felt ; and hence all civilised nations have , in course of time , slowly and with great difficulty made for themselves a set of signs , by the aid of which the sounds are , as it were , indicated upon paper . But ...
... becomes more and more felt ; and hence all civilised nations have , in course of time , slowly and with great difficulty made for themselves a set of signs , by the aid of which the sounds are , as it were , indicated upon paper . But ...
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... becomes harder as it grows older ; it loses old words and takes on new - as a tree loses old leaves , and clothes itself in new leaves at the coming of every new spring . But we are not at present going to trace the growth of the ...
... becomes harder as it grows older ; it loses old words and takes on new - as a tree loses old leaves , and clothes itself in new leaves at the coming of every new spring . But we are not at present going to trace the growth of the ...
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... becomes a v . If we take an ip and breathe through it , it becomes an if the p becomes an f . Hence v and f are called spirant labials . The following is a complete TABLE OF CONSONANT SOUNDS . MUTES . SPIRANTS . FLAT SHARP FLAT SHARP ...
... becomes a v . If we take an ip and breathe through it , it becomes an if the p becomes an f . Hence v and f are called spirant labials . The following is a complete TABLE OF CONSONANT SOUNDS . MUTES . SPIRANTS . FLAT SHARP FLAT SHARP ...
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... from the Lat . verbum , a word . called because it is the word in a sentence . If we leave of a sentence , all the other words become mere nonsense . say , " I saw him cross the bridge . 34 GRAMMAR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE .
... from the Lat . verbum , a word . called because it is the word in a sentence . If we leave of a sentence , all the other words become mere nonsense . say , " I saw him cross the bridge . 34 GRAMMAR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE .
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... become very common in English . Thus we have , " I came to see you ; " A house to let . " " To hear him ( = on hearing him ) talk , you 66 would think he was worth millions . " ( iv ) We must be careful to distinguish between ( a ) the ...
... become very common in English . Thus we have , " I came to see you ; " A house to let . " " To hear him ( = on hearing him ) talk , you 66 would think he was worth millions . " ( iv ) We must be careful to distinguish between ( a ) the ...
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Стр. 234 - Tell me where is fancy bred, Or in the heart or in the head? How begot, how nourished! Reply, reply. It is engendered in the eyes. With gazing fed ; and fancy dies In the cradle where it lies. Let us all ring fancy's knell : I'll begin it, — Ding, dong, bell.
Стр. 165 - Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
Стр. 348 - That young lady had a talent for describing the involvements and feelings and characters of ordinary life, which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with. The Big Bow-wow strain I can do myself like any now going ; but the exquisite touch, which renders ordinary commonplace things and characters interesting, from the truth of the description and the sentiment, is denied to me.
Стр. 81 - I tell you that which you yourselves do know; Show you sweet Caesar's wounds, poor poor dumb mouths, 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.
Стр. 328 - ... berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame.
Стр. 301 - But little do men perceive what solitude is, and how far it extendeth. For a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.
Стр. 346 - Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! No hungry generations tread thee down; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown: Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home She stood in tears amid the alien corn; The same that oft-times hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn.
Стр. 328 - But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future fate of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.
Стр. 102 - But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case.
Стр. 326 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.