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... positive , the comparative , and the superlative . § 238. The positive degree is the adjective in its simple form ; as dark , cold , rich , low . § 239. The comparative degree is formed from the positive by the addition of the sound of ...
... positive , the comparative , and the superlative . § 238. The positive degree is the adjective in its simple form ; as dark , cold , rich , low . § 239. The comparative degree is formed from the positive by the addition of the sound of ...
Page 85
... positive ends in y , preceded by a mute consonant , the y becomes i in the compara- tive and superlative ; as merry , merri - er , merri - est ; not merry , merry - er , merry - est . ― Rule for Pronunciation . When the positive ends in ...
... positive ends in y , preceded by a mute consonant , the y becomes i in the compara- tive and superlative ; as merry , merri - er , merri - est ; not merry , merry - er , merry - est . ― Rule for Pronunciation . When the positive ends in ...
Page 86
... Positive . A. S. Comparative . English . Lang Leng - re Long Strang Streng - re Strong Geong Gyng - re Young Sceort Scyrt - re Short Heah Hy - rre High . Eald Yld - re Old . The words inmost , outmost , upmost , midmost , foremost ...
... Positive . A. S. Comparative . English . Lang Leng - re Long Strang Streng - re Strong Geong Gyng - re Young Sceort Scyrt - re Short Heah Hy - rre High . Eald Yld - re Old . The words inmost , outmost , upmost , midmost , foremost ...
Page 96
... . Tense . Mood and tense are peculiar to verbs and characteristic of them . No noun has either . $ 270 . Verbs have two numbers , singular and plural . § 271. The only true and positive plural form in 96 CONJUGATION .
... . Tense . Mood and tense are peculiar to verbs and characteristic of them . No noun has either . $ 270 . Verbs have two numbers , singular and plural . § 271. The only true and positive plural form in 96 CONJUGATION .
Page 97
Robert Gordon Latham. § 271. The only true and positive plural form in the present English is the word were , as contrasted with was and wast ; e.g. we were , ye were , they were . In all other cases the distinction is merely negative ...
Robert Gordon Latham. § 271. The only true and positive plural form in the present English is the word were , as contrasted with was and wast ; e.g. we were , ye were , they were . In all other cases the distinction is merely negative ...
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Page 135 - The march begins in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait; Stern Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of Frost; He comes...
Page 132 - The bride at the altar; Leave the deer, leave the steer, Leave nets and barges ; Come with your fighting gear, Broad-swords 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 136 - His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Page 135 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide ; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire...
Page 135 - Think nothing gain'd," he cries, " till nought remain, On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly, And all be mine beneath the polar sky." The march begins in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait ; Stern Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of...
Page 134 - ) 'TwA8 when the seas were roaring With hollow blasts of wind, A damsel lay deploring, All on a rock reclined.
Page 136 - THE Lord descended from above, And bowed the heavens most high ; And underneath his feet he cast The darkness of the sky. 2 On cherub and on cherubim, Full royally, he rode ; And on the wings of mighty winds Came flying all abroad.
Page 131 - The war, that for a space did fail, Now trebly thundering swelled the gale, And — "Stanley!" was the cry; — A light on Marmion's visage spread, And fired his glazing eye: With dying hand, above his head He shook the fragment of his blade, And shouted " Victory ! — Charge, Chester, charge ! On, Stanley, on ! " Were the last words of Marmion.
Page 135 - O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquered lord of pleasure and of pain; No joys to him pacific sceptres yield, War sounds the trump, he rushes to the field; Behold surrounding kings their powers combine, And one capitulate, and one resign; Peace courts his hand, but spreads her charms in vain; 'Think nothing gained...
Page 131 - 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. Fast they come, fast they come; See how they gather!