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... Phrases and sentences were used in Anglo - Saxon which are inadmissible in the present English . 8. Phrases and sentences are used in the modern English which were inadmissible in Anglo - Saxon . § 21. The first great change was ...
... Phrases and sentences were used in Anglo - Saxon which are inadmissible in the present English . 8. Phrases and sentences are used in the modern English which were inadmissible in Anglo - Saxon . § 21. The first great change was ...
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... phrase is bon - us vir good woman ; that is , the letter -a is added if the substan- tive be the name of a female , and the letters -us are added if it be the name of a male . Again , if the English lan- guage were the same in this ...
... phrase is bon - us vir good woman ; that is , the letter -a is added if the substan- tive be the name of a female , and the letters -us are added if it be the name of a male . Again , if the English lan- guage were the same in this ...
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... phrases we speak of a single object ; that is , of one object and of no more than one : a father , my father , this father , one father ; a son , my son , this son , one son ; a horse , this horse , that horse , my horse , one horse ...
... phrases we speak of a single object ; that is , of one object and of no more than one : a father , my father , this father , one father ; a son , my son , this son , one son ; a horse , this horse , that horse , my horse , one horse ...
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... phrase ways and means , there is , in the current English , no such word as mean , any more than there is such a word as new from news . But , in a different sense , there is the singular form mean ; as in the phrase the golden meat ...
... phrase ways and means , there is , in the current English , no such word as mean , any more than there is such a word as new from news . But , in a different sense , there is the singular form mean ; as in the phrase the golden meat ...
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... phrases like the Netherlands , the nether regions , the word nether means low , or lower . § 158. Less . - This form is not satisfactorily account- ed for . § 159. Near . This word , although , in meaning , an adjective of the positive ...
... phrases like the Netherlands , the nether regions , the word nether means low , or lower . § 158. Less . - This form is not satisfactorily account- ed for . § 159. Near . This word , although , in meaning , an adjective of the positive ...
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a x x accented syllable addition Adjectives preceded Adverbs allied languages Anglo-Saxon blank verse called combination compound concord of number constitute copula dative denotes Derivation by means English language equivalent exhibited expressed father female Formula x a Germany Gothic Gothic languages governed grammar Hence horse John walks Latin language Latin word letter lines male masculine measures metre mood mortal Moso-Gothic nature nominative noun object Old High German Old Norse Old Saxon original British original word Past Participles past tense phrases Pleonasm plural forms plural number possessive predicate present English preterite proposition respect rhyme ridden Saxon second person singular sense sentence sh in shine shews simple elementary sounds simple single singular number small vowel speak spelling spelt spoken stanza Substantives preceded superlative syllable Syntax th in thin thine thing thou tive verb substantive verse vowel walk weak verbs whilst words ending write written
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Page 193 - In the Spring a fuller crimson comes upon the robin's breast ; In the Spring the wanton lapwing gets himself another crest ; In the Spring a livelier iris changes on the burnish'd dove; In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.
Page 205 - And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal ; And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord...
Page 193 - Let us swear an oath, and keep it with an equal mind, In the hollow Lotos-land to live and lie reclined On the hills like Gods together, careless of mankind.
Page 205 - And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd not the breath of his pride: And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as the spray of the rock-beating surf...
Page 187 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Page 200 - The bride at the altar ; Leave the deer, leave the steer, Leave nets and barges : Come with your fighting gear, Broadswords and targes. Come as the winds come, when Forests are rended, Come as the waves come, when Navies are stranded : Faster come, faster come, Faster and faster, Chief, vassal, page and groom, Tenant and master.
Page 187 - 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 193 - Pleiads, rising thro' the mellow shade, Glitter like a swarm of fire-flies tangled in a silver braid. Here about the beach I wander'd, nourishing a youth sublime With the fairy tales of science, and the long result of Time ; When the centuries behind me like a fruitful land reposed ; When I clung to all the present for the promise that it closed : When I dipt into the future far as human eye could see; Saw the Vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be.
Page 197 - Their dearest action in the tented field ; And little of this great world can I speak, More than pertains to feats of broil and battle; And, therefore, little shall I grace my cause, In speaking for myself. Yet, by your gracious patience, I will a round unvarnish'd tale deliver Of my whole course of love ; what drugs, what charms, What conjuration, and what mighty magic, (For such proceeding I am charged withal) I won his daughter with.
Page 195 - 'WAS when the seas were roaring With hollow blasts of wind, A damsel lay deploring. All on a rock reclined. Wide o'er the foaming billows She cast a wistful look ; Her head was crown'd with willows, That trembled o'er the brook.