A practical introduction to English composition, by R. (and T.) Armstrong. [With] Key, Part 1 |
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... moral -the folly of indulging in wanton mischief . EXERCISES . 1. Write the three complex sentences in the fol- lowing paragraph which contain a conditional clause , and underline it . 2. Write the complex sentence in the following ...
... moral -the folly of indulging in wanton mischief . EXERCISES . 1. Write the three complex sentences in the fol- lowing paragraph which contain a conditional clause , and underline it . 2. Write the complex sentence in the following ...
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... moral . FABLE . A lion , having surfeited himself with feasting , was seized with a dangerous disorder . The beasts of the forest flocked in great numbers to express their concern on the occasion ; and scarcely one was absent except the ...
... moral . FABLE . A lion , having surfeited himself with feasting , was seized with a dangerous disorder . The beasts of the forest flocked in great numbers to express their concern on the occasion ; and scarcely one was absent except the ...
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... moral . 3. THE FOX AND THE GRAPES . The vineyard - the grapes - the fox - the disappoint- ment - the moral . 4. THE JACKDAW IN BORROWED FEATHERS . The discontent - the borrowed feathers - the dis- covery - the result - the moral . 5 ...
... moral . 3. THE FOX AND THE GRAPES . The vineyard - the grapes - the fox - the disappoint- ment - the moral . 4. THE JACKDAW IN BORROWED FEATHERS . The discontent - the borrowed feathers - the dis- covery - the result - the moral . 5 ...
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... moral . 8. THE HORSE AND THE STAG . The horse - the man - the bridle - the revenge - the boast the mistake - the moral . 9. THE LION AND THE MOUSE . The lion - the mouse - the disturbance - the rage- the fear the pardon - the net - the ...
... moral . 8. THE HORSE AND THE STAG . The horse - the man - the bridle - the revenge - the boast the mistake - the moral . 9. THE LION AND THE MOUSE . The lion - the mouse - the disturbance - the rage- the fear the pardon - the net - the ...
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... moral . 16. THE SUN AND THE WIND . The contest - the traveller - the cloak - the wind- the sun - the victory - the moral . 17. THE FROG AND THE OX . The frog - the envy - the attempt - the failure - the persistence - the consequence - the ...
... moral . 16. THE SUN AND THE WIND . The contest - the traveller - the cloak - the wind- the sun - the victory - the moral . 17. THE FROG AND THE OX . The frog - the envy - the attempt - the failure - the persistence - the consequence - the ...
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adjective adverb Alphonso animal army battle battle of Actium birds called Change the following commas CONSTRUCTION OF SIMPLE containing a principal cried Croesus death discourse earth EDINBURGH EXAMPLE EXAMPLE.-The farmer father following complex sentences following paragraph containing following simple sentences horse infinitive with words intransitive Julius Cæsar king lion lowing paragraph man-the moral mountain nature noun and words object orally then write PARAGRAPH FOR EXERCISES paragraph the simple paragraph which contain placed in apposition Plancus predicate prepositional adjunct principal clauses prisoner pronoun Queen Roman Scotland secondary clauses SECTION Selwood Forest semicolon SIMPLE NARRATIVE simple sentences containing simply a noun Temperance tences tences containing thee Themistocles Thomas à Becket thou three complex sentences three simple sentences tion transitive verb tree underline Vary the construction verb passive virtue whale words modifying Write six sentences write the substance Write three complex Write three simple
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Page 77 - But, present still, though now unseen, When brightly shines the prosperous day, Be thoughts of Thee a cloudy screen, To temper the deceitful ray.
Page 92 - When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice : but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
Page 77 - God before her moved, An awful guide, in smoke and flame. By day, along the astonished lands The cloudy pillar glided slow ; By night, Arabia's crimsoned sands Returned the fiery column's glow.
Page 98 - Your son," exclaimed a youth not yet come to maturity. " Ah, my child," cried St. Pierre, " I am then twice sacrificed. But, no, I have rather begotten thee a second time. Thy years are few, but full, my son. The victim of virtue has reached the utmost purpose and goal of mortality. Who next, my friends? This is the hour of heroes ! — " Your kinsman !
Page 96 - in the vale, and I illuminate the mountain. I cheer the cottager at his toil, and inspire the .sage at his meditation. 1 mingle in the crowd of cities, and bless the hermit in his cell. I have a temple in every heart that owns my influence ; and to him that wishes for me, I am already present. Science may raise thee to eminence ; but I alone can guide thee to felicity...
Page 125 - A NIGHTINGALE, that all day long Had cheer'd the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his note suspended, Nor yet when eventide was ended, • Began to feel, as well he might. The keen demands of appetite ; When, looking eagerly around, He spied far...
Page 54 - An old clock, that had stood for fifty years in a farmer's kitchen, without giving its owner any cause of complaint, early one summer's morning, before the family was stirring, suddenly stopped. Upon this, the dial-plate (if we may credit the fable,) changed countenance with alarm; the hands made a vain effort to continue their course ; the wheels remained motionless with surprise ; the weights hung speechless; each...
Page 57 - ... who lie in it, are apt to fill the mind with a kind of melancholy, or rather thoughtfulness, that is not disagreeable. I yesterday passed a whole afternoon in the churchyard, the cloisters, and the church, amusing myself with the tombstones and inscriptions that I met with in those several regions of the dead. Most of them recorded nothing else...
Page 77 - With priest's and warrior's voice between. No portents now our foes amaze, Forsaken Israel wanders lone : Our fathers would not know Thy ways, And Thou hast left them to their own. But present still, though now unseen ! When brightly shines the...
Page 79 - The full blaze of thy beams, and through a cloud Drawn round about thee like a radiant shrine, Dark with excessive bright thy skirts appear, 380 Yet dazzle Heaven, that brightest Seraphim Approach not, but with both wings veil their eyes.