A Grammar of Late Modern English, Volume 5, Part 2, Issue 1P. Noordhoff, 1926 |
Common terms and phrases
adjective adnominal adverbial adjunct appears application aspect auxiliary BRONTË Cæs Christm cognate object Compare conditional connexion construction construed copula dare denoting DICK distinctly durative aspect Dutch E. F. BENSON ELIOT English Expanded Form express Fair following quotations frequent function future GALSW GASK gerund group-verb Guard HARDY head-sentence Hist indicative infinitive inflectional instances intransitive JANE AUSTEN KINGSLEY language latter Life's Morn LYTTON Manch meaning momentaneous mood N. E. Gr never notion noun of action observed passive conversion passive voice past Pend perfect periphrastic person phrases Pickw pluperfect practice predicate preposition prepositional object present participle preterite reflexive pronoun Reflexive Voice seems sentence SHAK SHER sometimes speaker stand subjunctive subordinate statement SWEET Synt TEMPLE THURSTON tense THACK thing thought time-sphere Titm transitive transitive verb verb VIII Westm word-group XVIII
Popular passages
Page 443 - They are surely happy," said the prince, "who have all these conveniences, of which I envy none so much as the facility with which separated friends interchange their thoughts." "The Europeans," answered Imlac, "are less unhappy than we, but they are not happy. Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.
Page 398 - These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
Page 212 - He shall not strive, nor cry ; Neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. A bruised reed shall he not break, And smoking flax shall he not quench, Till he send forth judgment unto victory.
Page 193 - And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man ; and he saw : and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
Page 176 - A shadow flits before me, Not thou, but like to thee; Ah Christ, that it were possible For one short hour to see The souls we loved, that they might tell us What and where they be.
Page 238 - Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes ; and some of them ye shall kill and crucify ; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city...
Page 212 - Behold my servant, whom I have chosen ; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased ; I will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.
Page 401 - For I can raise no money by vile means : By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash By any indirection...
Page 294 - As a sick girl. Ye gods ! it doth amaze me A man of such a feeble temper should So get the start of the majestic world And bear the palm alone.
Page 341 - You must not be so talkative, Diggory. You must be all attention to the guests. You must hear us talk, and not think of talking; you must see us drink, and not think of drinking; you must see us eat, and not think of eating.