The Secretary, and Complete Letter Writer: Containing a Collection of Letters Upon Most Occasions and Situations in Life. To which is Added, an Essay on Letter WritingKnott & Lloyd, 1803 - 168 من الصفحات |
من داخل الكتاب
النتائج 1-5 من 24
الصفحة
... placed under a Constitution wise , and good , that alike protects the peer and the peasant , and guards in safety the cottage , as well as the palace . JULY 20 , 1803 . TABLE TABLE OF CONTENTS . INTRODUCTION . PAGE . AN easy THE SECRETARY .
... placed under a Constitution wise , and good , that alike protects the peer and the peasant , and guards in safety the cottage , as well as the palace . JULY 20 , 1803 . TABLE TABLE OF CONTENTS . INTRODUCTION . PAGE . AN easy THE SECRETARY .
الصفحة viii
... placed over the last of two vowels , to show that they do not make a diph- thong ; as , " If our young Iülus be no more . " IBID . An APOSTROPHE , placed at the head of a letter , denotes that one or more letters are left out ; as , tho ...
... placed over the last of two vowels , to show that they do not make a diph- thong ; as , " If our young Iülus be no more . " IBID . An APOSTROPHE , placed at the head of a letter , denotes that one or more letters are left out ; as , tho ...
الصفحة ix
... placed before substantives , to limit and fix their significa- tion : as , an house , the house , a book , the book . There are two articles ; a or an , and the . The Article a , or an , is indefinite , and to be used when we speak of ...
... placed before substantives , to limit and fix their significa- tion : as , an house , the house , a book , the book . There are two articles ; a or an , and the . The Article a , or an , is indefinite , and to be used when we speak of ...
الصفحة lvii
... placed before the words to which they relate , and are used to shew the relation betwixt one word and another . Those relations , which in some languages are signified by cases , or different terminations of the substantive , adjective ...
... placed before the words to which they relate , and are used to shew the relation betwixt one word and another . Those relations , which in some languages are signified by cases , or different terminations of the substantive , adjective ...
الصفحة lxviii
... " Substantives are sometimes used as adjectives , and are placed as such before other substantives ; as , " maid - servant , sea - water , river - fish . " - " You " You gallant Vernon ! saw The miserable scene ; lxviii SYNTAX .
... " Substantives are sometimes used as adjectives , and are placed as such before other substantives ; as , " maid - servant , sea - water , river - fish . " - " You " You gallant Vernon ! saw The miserable scene ; lxviii SYNTAX .
طبعات أخرى - عرض جميع المقتطفات
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
accusative acquaintance adjective affection affectionate Bedouin brother called could,should dare daugh daughter DEAR SIR death denotes durst duty endeavour esteem evil father formed fortitude fortune friendship FUTURE PERFECT TENSE gentleman give gone Grace happiness heart hope human humble Servant husband IBID IMPERATIVE MOOD INDICATIVE MOOD INFINITIVE MOOD Johnson kind learning letter Lord loved Luxembourg Madam Maignet ment mind mother nature never PARTICIPLE passion perhaps person Petrarch placed pleasure Plural POPE POTENTIAL MOOD PRESENT TENSE PRETER PRETERIMPERFECT TENSE PRETERPERFECT PRETERPLUPERFECT TENSE prison pronoun reason received revolutionary revolutionary tribunal right honourable Robespierre scene sense shew shouldest sincere Singular sometimes soothing soul SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD substantives suffered tears tenderness thing Thou hast Thou mayest Thou mightest Thou shalt tion tribunal Vaucluse verb virtue vowel wife wilt wish words wouldest write young lady your's
مقاطع مشهورة
الصفحة 93 - The greatest benefit which one friend can confer upon another, is to guard, and excite, and elevate his virtues. This your mother will still perform, if...
الصفحة lvii - ... whole The first, last purpose of the human soul ; And knows where faith, law, morals, all began, All end, in love of God and love of man.
الصفحة vii - Careless their merits, or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he prayed and felt for all...
الصفحة 143 - And the green turf lie lightly on thy breast : There shall the morn her earliest tears bestow, There the first roses of the year shall blow; While angels with their silver wings o'ershade The ground, now sacred by thy reliques made.
الصفحة 74 - I am ignorant of any one quality, that is amiable in a man, which is not equally so in a woman : I do not except even modesty and gentleness of nature. Nor do I know one vice or folly, which is not equally detestable in both.
الصفحة xv - Why form'd so weak, so little, and so blind? First, if thou canst, the harder reason guess, Why form'd no weaker, blinder, and no less?
الصفحة 157 - Wherever we are studious to please, we are afraid of trusting our first thoughts, and endeavour to recommend our opinion by studied ornaments, accuracy of method, and elegance of style.
الصفحة 144 - Burns's poems, and have read them twice ; and though they be written in a language that is new to me, and many of them on subjects much inferior to the author's ability, I think them on the whole a very extraordinary production.
الصفحة 130 - It is the curse of kings, to be attended By slaves, that take their humours for a warrant To break within the bloody house of life ; And, on the winking of authority, To understand a law ; to know the meaning Of dangerous majesty, when, perchance, it frowns More upon humour, than advis'd respect.
الصفحة 84 - Soon after I perceived that I had suffered a paralytic stroke, and that my speech was taken from me. I had no pain, and so little dejection in this dreadful state, that I wondered at my own apathy, and considered that perhaps death itself, when it should come, would excite less horror than seems now to attend it.