Connectives of English Speech: The Correct Usage of Prepositions, Conjunctions, Relative Pronouns and Adverbs Explained and IllustratedFunk & Wagnalls Company, 1904 - 324 pages |
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... various abstract relations . From the thought of what is beyond a certain limit in space , it is easy to pass to the idea of an event beyond a certain limit in time . above another is easily thought of as superior , as it is at least in ...
... various abstract relations . From the thought of what is beyond a certain limit in space , it is easy to pass to the idea of an event beyond a certain limit in time . above another is easily thought of as superior , as it is at least in ...
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... various relations of so many of the different parts of speech , multiplied , as these relations must be , by that endless variety of combinations which may be given to the terms , and if the sense of the writer or speaker is necessarily ...
... various relations of so many of the different parts of speech , multiplied , as these relations must be , by that endless variety of combinations which may be given to the terms , and if the sense of the writer or speaker is necessarily ...
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... all the men were about twelve . Sil . How tall was she ? Jul . About my stature . SHAKESPEARE Two Gentlemen of Verona act iv ... various relations : 1. In connection with ; engaged in ; occupied with ; interfer- ing with ; concerned in ...
... all the men were about twelve . Sil . How tall was she ? Jul . About my stature . SHAKESPEARE Two Gentlemen of Verona act iv ... various relations : 1. In connection with ; engaged in ; occupied with ; interfer- ing with ; concerned in ...
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... all the land above the fortieth parallel of north latitude . The terminus of the 7th range falls upon that [ the Ohio ] ... various relations : 1. Superior to ; more than ; in excess of ; surpassing ; exceed- ing ; beyond ; over : ( a ) In ...
... all the land above the fortieth parallel of north latitude . The terminus of the 7th range falls upon that [ the Ohio ] ... various relations : 1. Superior to ; more than ; in excess of ; surpassing ; exceed- ing ; beyond ; over : ( a ) In ...
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... various relations : 1. In opposition to , as in character , spirit , or purpose ; opposite or contrary to ; in ... all that is said is said against me , I feel a certain assurance of success . EMERSON Essays , Compensation in first ...
... various relations : 1. In opposition to , as in character , spirit , or purpose ; opposite or contrary to ; in ... all that is said is said against me , I feel a certain assurance of success . EMERSON Essays , Compensation in first ...
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A. P. STANLEY Adjectives adverb amid Anglo-Saxon antecedent beneath Brutus BYRON Cæsar CARLYLE clause Compare connection CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS derived direction Distinctions EMERSON English Grammar vol equivalent Essays expression fact force friends GEORGE ELIOT hath Henry Hist idea implied infinitive interrogative IRVING J. R. SEELEY JEAN INGELOW John Julius Cæsar king language lect LONGFELLOW LOWELL MACAULAY England vol MAETZNER English Grammar meaning Merchant of Venice Middlemarch midst MILTON Paradise Lost motion N. P. WILLIS never night noun object Paradise Lost bk participle person place or space R. H. DANA reason reference relative pronoun SCOTT Lady sense sentence Sermons SHAKESPEARE SHAKESPEARE Merry Wives ship side soul speak speech Standard Dictionary Tempest act TENNYSON thee things thou thought tion unto usage various relations Venice act verb whence whither WHITTIER Windsor act Wives of Windsor words WORDSWORTH