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accent action adjective pronouns adverb answer apostrophe is placed auxiliary verbs Cæsar child Compound Perfect conjugated conjunctions consonants copulative defective verbs definite article denotes derived diphthong disjunctive etymology example express feminine figure formed by adding Future Perfect Future Tense grammar Greek word hadst Imperative Mood Imperfect Tense indefinite Indicative Mood infinitive mood interrogation irregular verb kinds Latin word lative letter loved mayst or canst means Note noun or substantive object acted orthography Participle Past past participle Past Perfect past tense person or thing Pluperfect Tense plural number Potential Mood preposition Present Perfect Present Tense relative pronoun Rome Rule shalt or wilt shows the manner shows the relation silent h singular number sometimes sound speaking speech stantives Subjunctive Mood substantive or noun superlative third person singular Thou hast Thou mayst Thou mightst Thou shalt tive verb active verb neuter vowel word or syllable words ending
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Page 78 - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept : and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son...
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Page 80 - VERSIFICATION. Versification is the arrangement of a certain number and variety of syllables, according to certain laws. Rhyme is the correspondence of the last sound of one verse, to the last sound or syllable of another.
Page 81 - PUNCTUATION. PUNCTUATION is the art of dividing a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences, by points or stops, for the purpose of marking the different pauses, which the sense and an accurate pronunciation require.
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