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... thee thou we he she they . us him her them . The following are examples of simple sentences , in which Personal Pronouns are introduced : SUBJECT . I VERB . saw OBJECT . him . He met us . He loved her . We pity them . They heard me ...
... thee thou we he she they . us him her them . The following are examples of simple sentences , in which Personal Pronouns are introduced : SUBJECT . I VERB . saw OBJECT . him . He met us . He loved her . We pity them . They heard me ...
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... thee speak : I'll have my bond , and therefore speak no more . Shakespeare . God has made us to desire happiness ; he has made our happiness dependent on society ; and the happiness of society dependent on good or bad government . His ...
... thee speak : I'll have my bond , and therefore speak no more . Shakespeare . God has made us to desire happiness ; he has made our happiness dependent on society ; and the happiness of society dependent on good or bad government . His ...
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... Thee . Obj . and Dat . You or ye . NOTE . - In modern English , the plural form you is used instead of thou and thee in ordinary conversation and writing . Thou is used in prayers and solemn language , and in poetry as a term of ...
... Thee . Obj . and Dat . You or ye . NOTE . - In modern English , the plural form you is used instead of thou and thee in ordinary conversation and writing . Thou is used in prayers and solemn language , and in poetry as a term of ...
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... thee that thou attend me . - Shakespeare . Or again , in Conditional Sentences introduced by the Sub- ordinate Conjunction if , the Subjunctive Mood is frequently found : If fortune serve me , I'll requite this kindness . — Shakespeare ...
... thee that thou attend me . - Shakespeare . Or again , in Conditional Sentences introduced by the Sub- ordinate Conjunction if , the Subjunctive Mood is frequently found : If fortune serve me , I'll requite this kindness . — Shakespeare ...
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... thee with my hands . - Tennyson . And for her sake I do rear up her boy , And for her sake I will not part with him . - Shakespeare . And shall is often used with the second and third Since thou art dead , lo ! here I prophesy , persons ...
... thee with my hands . - Tennyson . And for her sake I do rear up her boy , And for her sake I will not part with him . - Shakespeare . And shall is often used with the second and third Since thou art dead , lo ! here I prophesy , persons ...
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Page 23 - The Greek Testament: with a critically revised Text; a Digest of Various Readings; Marginal References to verbal and Idiomatic Usage; Prolegomena; and a Critical and Exegetical Commentary. For the Use of Theological Students and Ministers, By HENRY ALFORD, DD, Dean of Canterbury. Vol. I., containing the Four Gospels.
Page 91 - 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 67 - Pray, do not mock me : I am a very foolish fond old man, Fourscore and upward, not an hour more nor less ; And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks I should know you, and know this man ; Yet I am doubtful : for I am mainly ignorant What place this is ; and all the skill I have Remembers not these garments ; nor I know not Where I did lodge last night. Do not laugh at me ; For, as I am a man, I think this lady To be my child Cordelia.
Page 93 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...
Page 93 - IT is a celebrated thought of Socrates, that if all the misfortunes of mankind were cast into a public stock, in order to be equally distributed among the whole species, those who now think themselves the most unhappy, would prefer the share they are already possessed of before that which would fall to them by such a division.
Page 114 - I'll have these players Play something like the murder of my father Before mine uncle; I'll observe his looks; I'll tent him to the quick; if he but blench, I know my course.
Page 84 - Heaven ('twas all he wished) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose,) The bosom of his Father and his God.
Page 55 - Muse The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.
Page 99 - When all is done, (he concludes,) human life is at the greatest and the best but like a froward child, that must be played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet, till it falls asleep, and then the care is over.