An English Grammar eBook

James Witt Sewell
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 358 pages of information about An English Grammar.

An English Grammar eBook

James Witt Sewell
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 358 pages of information about An English Grammar.

9.  Eustace had slipped off his long cloak, thrown it over Amyas’s head, and ran up the alley.

10.  This narrative, tedious perhaps, but which the story renders necessary, may serve to explain the state of intelligence betwixt the lovers.

11.  To the shame and eternal infamy of whomsoever shall turn back from the plow on which he hath laid his hand!

12.  The noise of vast cataracts, raging storms, thunder, or artillery, awake a great and awful sensation in the mind.

13.  The materials and ornaments ought neither to be white, nor green, nor yellow, nor blue, nor of a pale red.

14.  This does not prove that an idea of use and beauty are the same thing, or that they are any way dependent on each other.

15.  And were I anything but what I am,
     I would wish me only he.

16.  But every man may know, and most of us do know, what is a just and unjust act.

17.  You have seen Cassio and she together.

18.  We shall shortly see which is the fittest object of scorn, you or me.

19.  Richard glared round him with an eye that seemed to seek an enemy, and from which the angry nobles shrunk appalled.

20.  It comes to whomsoever will put off what is foreign and proud.

21.  The difference between the just and unjust procedure does not lie in the number of men hired, but in the price paid to them.

22.  The effect of proportion and fitness, so far at least as they proceed from a mere consideration of the work itself, produce approbation, the acquiescence of the understanding.

23.  When the glass or liquor are transparent, the light is sometimes softened in the passage.

24.  For there nor yew nor cypress spread their gloom.

25.  Every one of these letters are in my name.

26.  Neither of them are remarkable for precision.

27.  Squares, triangles, and other angular figures, are neither beautiful to the sight nor feeling.

28.  There is not one in a thousand of these human souls that cares to think where this estate is, or how beautiful it is, or what kind of life they are to lead in it.

29.  Dryden and Rowe’s manner are quite out of fashion.

30.  We were only permitted to stop for refreshment once.

31.  The sight of the manner in which the meals were served were enough to turn our stomach.

32.  The moody and savage state of mind of the sullen and ambitious man are admirably drawn.

33.  Surely none of our readers are so unfortunate as not to know some man or woman who carry this atmosphere of peace and good-will about with them. (Sec. 411.)

34.  Friday, whom he thinks would be better than a dog, and almost as good as a pony.

35.  That night every man of the boat’s crew, save Amyas, were down with raging fever.

36.  These kind of books fill up the long tapestry of history with little bits of detail which give human interest to it.

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