An Introduction to English Grammar: Equally Adapted to Domestic and to School EducationLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822 - 219 páginas |
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... passive . But some grammarians divide them into active and neuter ; and others into active , passive , and neuter . Verbs active , as their name implies , signify action of the mind or body : as , I love , he gives , we dance , they ...
... passive . But some grammarians divide them into active and neuter ; and others into active , passive , and neuter . Verbs active , as their name implies , signify action of the mind or body : as , I love , he gives , we dance , they ...
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... passive express passion , or suffering , or the being acted upon by some other thing ; and , consequently , they imply a subject acting , and an object acted upon : as , " The pious are beloved and protected by God . " In the English ...
... passive express passion , or suffering , or the being acted upon by some other thing ; and , consequently , they imply a subject acting , and an object acted upon : as , " The pious are beloved and protected by God . " In the English ...
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... passive , because it is joined with the passive subject of the verb ; or that which is acted upon . This participle generally ends in ed , and is liter- ally the past time of the verb : as , " He is threat- ened ; " " the business is ...
... passive , because it is joined with the passive subject of the verb ; or that which is acted upon . This participle generally ends in ed , and is liter- ally the past time of the verb : as , " He is threat- ened ; " " the business is ...
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... passive participle commonly denotes action completely past : as , " He is writing ; " " he has written . " As participles express the idea of action as well as of time , they govern the cases of pro- nouns , like verbs : as , " He hath ...
... passive participle commonly denotes action completely past : as , " He is writing ; " " he has written . " As participles express the idea of action as well as of time , they govern the cases of pro- nouns , like verbs : as , " He hath ...
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... passive voice , which forms most of the tenses by the help of the auxiliary , Esse , to Be , In all the modern ... passive . The conjugation of an active verb , is called the ACTIVE VOICE . The conjugation of a passive verb , is styled ...
... passive voice , which forms most of the tenses by the help of the auxiliary , Esse , to Be , In all the modern ... passive . The conjugation of an active verb , is called the ACTIVE VOICE . The conjugation of a passive verb , is styled ...
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accent action active added adjectives adverb affirmation apostrophe auxiliary verbs beautiful called CHAP character comma commonly compound conjugated conjunctive mood connected consonant convey definite article denotes derived dipthong dissyllables emphasis English language Examples expressed father figure formed frequently FUTURE TENSE genitive govern grammar hath idea imperative Imperative Mood IMPERFECT TENSE implies improper indicative mood infinitive mood intransitive Intransitive verbs joined king last syllable Latin letter likewise manner mark mayst or canst means moved mute nature neuter nominative nouns object participle passive pause PERFECT personal pronouns PLUPERFECT TENSE plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding prefixed preposition PRESENT TENSE proper RULE Saxon Saxon verb SECOND FUTURE SECT sense sentence shalt or wilt short shouldst signifies singular number sometimes sound speech subjunctive mood substantive superlative tence thing Thou shalt tion tive tone tongue Trisyllables tropes verse voice vowel wise wouldst writing
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Página 180 - Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar...
Página 186 - Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
Página 187 - Me miserable ! which way shall I fly Infinite wrath, and infinite despair? Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And, in the lowest deep, a lower deep Still threatening to devour me opens wide, To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heaven.
Página 188 - At even, which I bred up with tender hand From the 'first opening bud, and gave ye names ; Who now shall rear ye to the sun, or rank Your tribes, and water from the ambrosial fount?
Página 209 - O'erflow thy courts: the Light himself shall shine Revealed, and God's eternal day be thine ! The seas shall waste, the skies in smoke decay, Rocks fall to dust, and mountains melt away ! But fixed his word, his saving power remains; Thy realm for ever lasts, thy own Messiah reigns ! ALEXANDER POPE.
Página 210 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends ; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride...
Página 179 - Homer was the greater genius; Virgil, the better artist: in the one, we most admire the man ; in the other, the work. Homer hurries us with a commanding impetuosity; Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty. Homer scatters with a generous profusion; Virgil bestows with a careful magnificence. Homer, like the Nile, pours out his riches with a sudden overflow ; Virgil, like a river in its banks, with a constant stream.
Página 188 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Página 187 - Earth felt the wound, and nature from her seat, Sighing through all her works, gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Página 190 - I seem to myself to behold this city, the ornament of the earth, and the capital of all nations, suddenly involved in one conflagration. I see before me the slaughtered heaps of citizens, lying unburied in the midst of their ruined country. The furious countenance of Cethegus rises to my view, while with a savage joy, he is triumphing in your miseries.