English Grammar and Composition for Public Schools

As soon as you get inside the belt of wood, and begin to go down to the pond, the damp, and the dusk, and the scent of the dead leaves make you feel as if you were in a very old...

32. Wolfe and the troops with him leaped on shore; the light infantry, who found themselves borne by the current a little below the intrenched path, clambered up the steep hill,...

Let me tell you about a book I have been reading. It is entitled “What One Boy Did.” When the hero of the story was quite young, his father died and his mother was not able to k...

Entered according to Act of Parliament of Canada in the year one thousand nine hundred and one, by G. H. ARMSTRONG, M.A., B.PÆD., in the office of the Minister of Agriculture.

1. They are fond of building castles in the air. 2. On he comes, running lightly, with his hands in his pockets. 3. Searching the pile of corpses, the victors found four Frenchm...

1. I live on the street which leads to the park. 2. Those who live without a plan have never any leisure. 3. A short distance from the house I discovered a box, which was made o...

1. The verb may be placed first; as, _Flashed_ all their sabres bare. 2. The object may be placed first; as, _Knowledge_ I do not slight. 3. The complement may be placed first;...

1. His family live in England. 2. The army advanced during the night. 3. The verdict is given by a jury. 4. A committee of six was appointed by the members.

The auxiliaries _shall_ and _will_ are used with the infinitive to form the future tense of a verb. To denote simple futurity _shall_ is used in the first person, and _will_ in...

A word that _participates_ in the nature of the verb and the adjective is called a _participle_; as, _Leaving_ the room, we walked into the garden. I found a treasure _hidden_ i...

Be modest and humble, and diligent in your attention to what your teachers tell you, who are profoundly interested in trying to bring you forward in the right way, as far as the...