Text-book of English Composition for the Use of SchoolsWilliam Collins, Sons, 1874 - 154 Seiten |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Adjective Clause Adverbial Clause expresses animal Aristippus army Athelney AUGUSTUS CÆSAR battle bear beautiful bird Cæsar Change the following Charidemus Composition Compound Sentences Conjunctions containing an Adverbial dark date palm earth elephant enemy EXAMPLE EXAMPLE.-The eyes father fcap Fecamp fire following Complex Sentences following Exercise following passages following sentences following Simple Sentences Form of Speech give a reason given passages Grammatical green hand heads heard heart heaven hill honour Intransitive Verb king land lived LL.D morning mountains narrative nature never night noble Noun Clause o'er object paraphrasing Phrases Point the following point you insert Predicate Principal Clause pupil is required Pyrrhus Semicolon sentence by Commas Sentences into Simple sentences rhetorically arranged ship soldier Subject Subordinate Clause tences termed an Adverbial thou three Complex Sentences Tis green tree victory William Sancroft wind words World-shewing Write three Complex Write three sentences
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Seite 78 - As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honour him; but, as he was ambitious, I slew him.
Seite 138 - ON Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden, saw another sight, When the drum beat, at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Seite 70 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Seite 69 - Oft I had heard of Lucy Gray: And, when I crossed the wild, I chanced to see at break of day . The solitary child. No mate, no comrade Lucy knew; She dwelt on a wide moor, — The sweetest thing that ever grew Beside a human door!
Seite 11 - Seemed to have known a better day; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy. The last of all the bards was he, Who sung of Border chivalry. For, well-a-day! their date was fled, His tuneful brethren all were dead ; •And he, neglected...
Seite 139 - Tis morn, but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun, Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout in their sulph'rous canopy. The combat deepens. On, ye brave, Who rush to glory, or the grave ! Wave, Munich ! all thy banners wave, And charge with all thy chivalry...
Seite 63 - She was dead. No sleep so beautiful and calm, so free from trace of pain, so fair to look upon. She seemed a creature fresh from the hand of God, and waiting for the breath of life ; not one who had lived and suffered death. Her couch was dressed with here and there some winter berries and green leaves, gathered in a spot she had been used to favor. " When I die, put near me something that has loved the light, and had the sky above it always.
Seite 50 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
Seite 70 - I have lived long enough : my way of life Is fallen into the sear, the yellow leaf; And that which should accompany old age, As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends...
Seite 97 - 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 ?