The Verbalist: A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those who Would Speak and Write with ProprietyD. Appleton, 1881 - 220 sayfa |
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Sayfa 10
... Thou didst it excellent , ' ' equal ( for equally ) good , ' ' excellent well . ' This gives precedent for such errors as those men- tioned above . " " ( 3. ) There are cases where the subject is qualified rather than the verb , as with ...
... Thou didst it excellent , ' ' equal ( for equally ) good , ' ' excellent well . ' This gives precedent for such errors as those men- tioned above . " " ( 3. ) There are cases where the subject is qualified rather than the verb , as with ...
Sayfa 12
... Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt : thou hast cast out the heathen , and planted it . Thou 12 THE VERBALIST . proposed by Mr. Blank was adopted by the committee....
... Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt : thou hast cast out the heathen , and planted it . Thou 12 THE VERBALIST . proposed by Mr. Blank was adopted by the committee....
Sayfa 13
... Thou preparedst room before it , and didst cause it to take deep root , and it filled the land . The hills were covered with the shadow of it , and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars . She sent out her boughs unto the sea ...
... Thou preparedst room before it , and didst cause it to take deep root , and it filled the land . The hills were covered with the shadow of it , and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars . She sent out her boughs unto the sea ...
Sayfa 18
... thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down , And steep my senses in forgetfulness ? " Sail on , thou lone imperial bird Of quenchless eye and tireless wing ! " ' Help , angels , make assay ! Bow , stubborn knees ! and heart with strings of ...
... thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down , And steep my senses in forgetfulness ? " Sail on , thou lone imperial bird Of quenchless eye and tireless wing ! " ' Help , angels , make assay ! Bow , stubborn knees ! and heart with strings of ...
Sayfa 23
... thou art beside thyself . ' The adverbial sense to be wholly transferred to the cognate word . 2. That besides , as a preposition , take the remaining sense , in addition to ; as , besides all this ; besides the consideration here ...
... thou art beside thyself . ' The adverbial sense to be wholly transferred to the cognate word . 2. That besides , as a preposition , take the remaining sense , in addition to ; as , besides all this ; besides the consideration here ...
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