"Intransitive" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... that fantastic thought, upon the point of retiring. He took up, as was his habit, one of the books on his table, in order to read a few pages, when once in bed. He had thus within his reach the works by which he strengthened his doctrine of intransitive intellectuality; they were Goethe's Memoirs; a volume of George Sand's correspondence, in which were the letters to Flaubert; the 'Discours de la Methode' by Descartes, and the essay by Burckhart on ...
— Cosmopolis, Complete • Paul Bourget
... the word is not elsewhere found intransitive, yet it is rather difficult to supply {tous Athenaious}. Some alterations have been proposed, ...
— The History Of Herodotus - Volume 2 (of 2) • Herodotus
... Past Tense Past Participle Transitive and Intransitive Verbs Active and Passive Voice Mode Forms of the Subjunctive Use of Indicative and Subjunctive Agreement of Verb with its Subject Rules Governing Agreement of the Verb Miscellaneous Cautions Use of Shall and Will Use of Should and ...
— Practical Grammar and Composition • Thomas Wood
... fall in Leaves fall, do not represent the act as passing over to a receiver, and all that express mere being or state of being are called Intransitive Verbs. ...
— Higher Lessons in English • Alonzo Reed and Brainerd Kellogg |
