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... apostrophe with the letter s ; as , Twelve a's ; three 5's . The plural of words , considered as words merely , is formed in the same manner . Examples : - " I busied myself in crossing my t's and dotting my i's very industriously ...
... apostrophe with the letter s ; as , Twelve a's ; three 5's . The plural of words , considered as words merely , is formed in the same manner . Examples : - " I busied myself in crossing my t's and dotting my i's very industriously ...
Strona 40
... apostrophe only ; as , nom . fathers : poss . fathers ' . Plural nouns , that do not end in s , form the possess- ive by adding both the apostrophe and s ; as , nom . men ; poss . men's . The import of the possessive may , in general ...
... apostrophe only ; as , nom . fathers : poss . fathers ' . Plural nouns , that do not end in s , form the possess- ive by adding both the apostrophe and s ; as , nom . men ; poss . men's . The import of the possessive may , in general ...
Strona 41
Live. When the singular and the plural are alike in the nominative , the apostrophe ought to follow the s in the plural , to distinguish it from the singular ; as , “ a sheep's head ; " " sheeps ' heads . " The sign's is a contraction of ...
Live. When the singular and the plural are alike in the nominative , the apostrophe ought to follow the s in the plural , to distinguish it from the singular ; as , “ a sheep's head ; " " sheeps ' heads . " The sign's is a contraction of ...
Strona 114
... apostrophe ( ' ) is used to denote the omission of one or more letters ; as , o'er , tho ' . It is likewise the sign of the possessive case , being used instead of a letter , which was formerly inserted in its place ; as , man's for ...
... apostrophe ( ' ) is used to denote the omission of one or more letters ; as , o'er , tho ' . It is likewise the sign of the possessive case , being used instead of a letter , which was formerly inserted in its place ; as , man's for ...
Strona 121
... Apostrophe is a figure , by which a speaker or writer turns from the party , to which his discourse is mainly directed , and addresses himself to some person or thing , present or absent ; as , " Death is swallowed up in victory . O ...
... Apostrophe is a figure , by which a speaker or writer turns from the party , to which his discourse is mainly directed , and addresses himself to some person or thing , present or absent ; as , " Death is swallowed up in victory . O ...
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Strona 96 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Strona 120 - The wicked flee when no man pursueth : but the righteous are bold as a lion.
Strona 120 - And it came to pass at noon that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either he is talking or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Strona 115 - ship-boy on the high and giddy mast," but also in the cabin, where every menial office fell to my lot : yet if I was restless and discontented, I can safely say, it was not so much on account of this, as of my being precluded from all possibility of reading; as my master did not possess, nor do I recollect seeing during the whole time of my abode with him, a single book of any description, except the...
Strona 122 - Alas! my noble boy ! that thou shouldst die ! Thou, who wert made so beautifully fair ! That death should settle in thy glorious eye, And leave his stillness in this clustering hair ! How could he mark thee for the silent tomb ! My proud boy, Absalom...
Strona 121 - O gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down. And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Strona 120 - But small the bliss that sense alone bestows, And sensual bliss is all the nation knows. In florid beauty groves and fields appear ; Man seems the only growth that dwindles here. Contrasted faults through all his manners reign : Though poor, luxurious ; though submissive, vain ^ Though grave, yet trifling ; zealous, yet untrue ; And e'en in penance planning sins anew.
Strona 119 - Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. 10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
Strona 119 - She sent out her boughs unto the sea, And her branches unto the river. Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, So that all they which pass by the way do pluck her ? The boar out of the wood doth waste it, And the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
Strona 113 - Night, sable goddess ! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world.