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Common terms and phrases
abstract nouns accent action Adverbial adjunct adverbial clause adverbial phrase adverbs affirmation Anglo-Saxon applied attribute auxiliary Cæsar called circumstance classical co-ordinating collective nouns common comparison compound conjugation conjunction connected considered consonant construction dative demonstrative dependent clause derived distinct ellipsis employed English Language equivalent examples expressed feminine force French future gender gerund Grammar Greek Hence idiom implies incomplete predication indefinite indicate infinitive inflection instances interrogative intransitive Latin loved masculine material noun meaning mode mood names noun clause object old English origin passive voice PAST TENSE peculiar perfect participle person plural predicate prefixes preposition PRESENT TENSE proper qualifying reference relative pronouns Saxon Scotticism seen sense sentence Shakspeare signify singular small number sometimes sound speak speech spoken subjunctive Subjunctive Mood subordinate suffix suppose syllable things thou tion tive transitive verbs usage Verb of incomplete vowel whence whither words write
Popular passages
Page 201 - No pow'rs of body or of soul to share, But what his nature and his state can bear. Why has not Man a microscopic eye? For this plain reason, Man is not a Fly. Say what the use, were finer optics giv'n, T' inspect a mite, not comprehend the heav'n?
Page 189 - He spake of love, such love as spirits feel In worlds whose course is equable and pure...
Page 189 - Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st; thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like, sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant: what in me is dark Illumine; what is low, raise and support...
Page 184 - And Paul said; I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
Page 111 - Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen. And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
Page 163 - Tis as the general pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause ; An awful pause! prophetic of her end.
Page 190 - I love them that love me, and they that seek me early shall find me'; 'they that are whole have no need of a physician'; 'how sweet is the rest of them that labor!
Page 206 - Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
Page 185 - I thank you. I wish I could do something to serve you. I shall have a comedy for you in a season, or two at farthest, that I believe will be worth your acceptance, for I fancy I will make it a fine thing.
Page 206 - There are few words in the English language which are employed in a more loose and uncircumscribed sense than those of the fancy and the imagination.