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accent adjective adverb Anglo-Saxon antecedent apposition auxiliary verb called cloth co-ordinate common noun compound Conj Conjugation conjunction consonant cwæth denotes derivative word diphthongal expressed Future Perfect Tense Give governed Grammar Greek Hælend hence imperative mood indefinite INDICATIVE MOOD indirect object inflected interrogative intransitive James John language Latin letters London loved Plur Masc meaning modern English neut nominative noun or pronoun noun preceded number and person omitted participle passive voice Past Perfect Perf Perfect Tense person or thing personal pronoun phrase plural possessive POTENTIAL MOOD predicate prefixes Prep preposition Pres Present Tense principal pron Reflexive Pronouns relative pronoun Saxon secge sentence simple Sing Singular nouns ending singular number sleep sometimes speak speech spoken subjunctive mood subordinate clause suffix superlative syllable tence thâ thee third person Thou transitive verb vowel vowel sound wilt
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Page 17 - The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune Or to take arms against a sea of troubles And by opposing end them ? To die to sleep No more and by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to 'tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished. To die to sleep...
Page 17 - The Pilgrim's Progress, In The Similitude Of A Dream AS I walk'd through the wilderness of this world, I lighted on a certain place where was a Den, and I laid me down in that place to sleep; and as I slept, I dreamed a Dream.
Page 19 - Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof; but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me ; and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth ; and to another, Come, and he cometh ; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said...
Page 155 - 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.
Page 19 - The centurion answered and said, "Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof; but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me; and I say to this man, 'Go,' and he goeth; and to another, 'Come,' and he cometh; and to my servant, 'Do this,
Page 19 - And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man ; but go thy way, shew thyself to the Priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
Page 19 - And behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
Page 19 - And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
Page 17 - THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS, IN THE SIMILITUDE OF A DREAM. I walked through the wilderness of this world, I lighted on a certain place where was a Den, and I laid me down in that place to sleep : and, as I slept, I dreamed a dream. I dreamed, and behold I saw a man clothed with rags, standing in a certain place, with his face from his own house, a book in his hand, and a great burden upon his back (Isa.
Page 17 - I dreamed, and behold, I saw a man clothed with rags, standing in a certain place, with his face from his own house, a book in his hand, and a great burden upon his back. I looked, and saw him open the book and read therein; and as he read, he wept and trembled; and not being able longer to contain, he brake out with a lamentable cry, saying, "What shall I...