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adjunct Adverbial Phrases Adverbs begin ind Change compound sentence Conjunctions Copula denote describe five names Elliptical Infinitive EXERCISE express fall ind find ind fper Future Perfect Tense Future Tense gender go ind hear ind Henry Imperative Mood Infinitive Mood inflected Interrogative Form Intransitive Verb John know ind lative leave ind LESSON live ind n. c. co n. c. m. pl n. c. nt object Passive Form past int past neg Past Participle past pl Past Tense phrase is-(1 pper Predicate Verb Preposition pres pres.]¹ Present Participle Present Tense principal clause Pronoun Proper Adjective Proper Noun pupil questions QUESTIONS.-Describe QUESTIONS.-What kind REVIEW QUESTIONS.-Define REVIEW QUESTIONS.-How REVIEW QUESTIONS.-In REVIEW QUESTIONS.-What run ind say ind Singular speak ind steal ind Subjunctive Mood Subordinate Clauses teacher think ind thou tive words Write and describe Write five nouns-names Write sentences Write symbols
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Page 161 - Though justice be thy plea, consider this, That, in the course of justice, none of us Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.
Page 161 - Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; It becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy seasons justice.
Page 161 - Tis mightiest in the mightiest : it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown ; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy seasons justice.
Page 138 - Thus one generation after another was consecrated to heaven by its waters, and cast their waxing and waning shadows into its glassy bosom, and vanished from the earth, as if mortal life were but a flitting image in a fountain. Finally, th'e fountain vanished also. Cellars were dug on all sides, and cart-loads of gravel flung upon its source, whence oozed a turbid stream, forming a mud-puddle at the corner of two streets.
Page 123 - It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
Page 105 - I do not mean to be disrespectful, but the attempt of the lords to stop the progress of reform reminds me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion.
Page 44 - Nouns in apposition, that is, nouns added to other nouns in the same case, by way of explication or illustration, when accompanied with adjuncts, are set off by commas ; as, Paul, the apostle of the Gentiles, was eminent for his zeal and knowledge. The butterfly, child of the summer, flutters in the sun.
Page 48 - Singular. Plural. 1. I had loved. 1. We had loved. 2. Thou hadst loved. 2. You had loved. 3. He had loved. 3. They had loved. FUTURE TENSE.
Page 118 - I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me...
Page 128 - He had one of these little sticks in his hand, and with a rusty nail he was etching another day of misery to add to the heap. As I darkened the little light he had, he lifted up a hopeless eye towards the door, then cast it down, shook his head, and went on with his work of affliction. I heard his chains upon his legs as he turned his body to lay his little stick upon the bundle. He gave a deep sigh : I saw the iron enter into his soul. I burst into tears — I could not sustain the picture of confinement...