A practical introduction to English composition, by R. (and T.) Armstrong. [With] Key, Part 1 |
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... consist of Two Parts , of which the First is now submitted to the public . It is di- vided into Four Books , the First of which treats of the Simple Sentence ; the Second , of the Complex Sentence ; and the Third , of Punctua tion and ...
... consist of Two Parts , of which the First is now submitted to the public . It is di- vided into Four Books , the First of which treats of the Simple Sentence ; the Second , of the Complex Sentence ; and the Third , of Punctua tion and ...
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... consists of words so arranged as to make sense . The words of a sentence express a complete act of thought , and form what is called a Proposition . The Proposition may be expressed in different forms : - 1. It may be affirmative ; as ...
... consists of words so arranged as to make sense . The words of a sentence express a complete act of thought , and form what is called a Proposition . The Proposition may be expressed in different forms : - 1. It may be affirmative ; as ...
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... consist of two or more nouns or pronouns so connected that the predicate cannot affirm of each individually ; as , He and I met ; England and Scotland form the kingdom of Great Britain . 3. The subject may consist of a noun and words ...
... consist of two or more nouns or pronouns so connected that the predicate cannot affirm of each individually ; as , He and I met ; England and Scotland form the kingdom of Great Britain . 3. The subject may consist of a noun and words ...
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... consist of an intransitive verb , or a verb passive , and words placed in apposi- tion to the subject ; as , A foolish son is a grief to his father ; the principal writer of the Psalms was David , King of Israel ; the lion is called the ...
... consist of an intransitive verb , or a verb passive , and words placed in apposi- tion to the subject ; as , A foolish son is a grief to his father ; the principal writer of the Psalms was David , King of Israel ; the lion is called the ...
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Robert Armstrong (master of Madras coll.) Adjuncts consist of nouns , adjectives , pronouns , adverbs , and prepositions with their objects . In the sentence , " Evil counsel frequently brings unhappiness to kings , " the adjective ...
Robert Armstrong (master of Madras coll.) Adjuncts consist of nouns , adjectives , pronouns , adverbs , and prepositions with their objects . In the sentence , " Evil counsel frequently brings unhappiness to kings , " the adjective ...
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adjective adverb Alphonso animal army battle battle of Actium birds called Change the following commas CONSTRUCTION OF SIMPLE containing a principal cried Croesus death discourse earth EDINBURGH EXAMPLE EXAMPLE.-The farmer father following complex sentences following paragraph containing following simple sentences horse infinitive with words intransitive Julius Cæsar king lion lowing paragraph man-the moral mountain nature noun and words object orally then write PARAGRAPH FOR EXERCISES paragraph the simple paragraph which contain placed in apposition Plancus predicate prepositional adjunct principal clauses prisoner pronoun Queen Roman Scotland secondary clauses SECTION Selwood Forest semicolon SIMPLE NARRATIVE simple sentences containing simply a noun Temperance tences tences containing thee Themistocles Thomas à Becket thou three complex sentences three simple sentences tion transitive verb tree underline Vary the construction verb passive virtue whale words modifying Write six sentences write the substance Write three complex Write three simple
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Page 77 - But, present still, though now unseen, When brightly shines the prosperous day, Be thoughts of Thee a cloudy screen, To temper the deceitful ray.
Page 92 - When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice : but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
Page 77 - God before her moved, An awful guide, in smoke and flame. By day, along the astonished lands The cloudy pillar glided slow ; By night, Arabia's crimsoned sands Returned the fiery column's glow.
Page 98 - Your son," exclaimed a youth not yet come to maturity. " Ah, my child," cried St. Pierre, " I am then twice sacrificed. But, no, I have rather begotten thee a second time. Thy years are few, but full, my son. The victim of virtue has reached the utmost purpose and goal of mortality. Who next, my friends? This is the hour of heroes ! — " Your kinsman !
Page 96 - in the vale, and I illuminate the mountain. I cheer the cottager at his toil, and inspire the .sage at his meditation. 1 mingle in the crowd of cities, and bless the hermit in his cell. I have a temple in every heart that owns my influence ; and to him that wishes for me, I am already present. Science may raise thee to eminence ; but I alone can guide thee to felicity...
Page 125 - A NIGHTINGALE, that all day long Had cheer'd the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his note suspended, Nor yet when eventide was ended, • Began to feel, as well he might. The keen demands of appetite ; When, looking eagerly around, He spied far...
Page 54 - An old clock, that had stood for fifty years in a farmer's kitchen, without giving its owner any cause of complaint, early one summer's morning, before the family was stirring, suddenly stopped. Upon this, the dial-plate (if we may credit the fable,) changed countenance with alarm; the hands made a vain effort to continue their course ; the wheels remained motionless with surprise ; the weights hung speechless; each...
Page 57 - ... who lie in it, are apt to fill the mind with a kind of melancholy, or rather thoughtfulness, that is not disagreeable. I yesterday passed a whole afternoon in the churchyard, the cloisters, and the church, amusing myself with the tombstones and inscriptions that I met with in those several regions of the dead. Most of them recorded nothing else...
Page 77 - With priest's and warrior's voice between. No portents now our foes amaze, Forsaken Israel wanders lone : Our fathers would not know Thy ways, And Thou hast left them to their own. But present still, though now unseen ! When brightly shines the...
Page 79 - The full blaze of thy beams, and through a cloud Drawn round about thee like a radiant shrine, Dark with excessive bright thy skirts appear, 380 Yet dazzle Heaven, that brightest Seraphim Approach not, but with both wings veil their eyes.