Essay on LanguageC. Wiley, 1825 - 203 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 11
... hieroglyphics , either for systematic skill , or for the extent of their appli- cation . 22. The Egyptians possessed extraordinary ad- vantages for their peculiar system of writing . The astonishing fertility of their country furnished ...
... hieroglyphics , either for systematic skill , or for the extent of their appli- cation . 22. The Egyptians possessed extraordinary ad- vantages for their peculiar system of writing . The astonishing fertility of their country furnished ...
Σελίδα 12
... hieroglyphic or arbi- trary characters , and the letters which represent elementary sounds and their combinations ... hieroglyphics must have been one with which it required a large portion of human life to become familiar ; because ...
... hieroglyphic or arbi- trary characters , and the letters which represent elementary sounds and their combinations ... hieroglyphics must have been one with which it required a large portion of human life to become familiar ; because ...
Σελίδα 16
... hieroglyphic , to a considerable extent , and not entirely arbitrary , as has been represented , in their structure and modifications . The hieroglyphics of Egypt , from a common principle , must have had a tendency to retard the im ...
... hieroglyphic , to a considerable extent , and not entirely arbitrary , as has been represented , in their structure and modifications . The hieroglyphics of Egypt , from a common principle , must have had a tendency to retard the im ...
Σελίδα 17
... hieroglyph- ics . This system very naturally extended its influ- ence to letter writing , as is strikingly shown in the names given to the alphabetic characters , and their adaptation , on hieroglyphic principles , to the great leading ...
... hieroglyph- ics . This system very naturally extended its influ- ence to letter writing , as is strikingly shown in the names given to the alphabetic characters , and their adaptation , on hieroglyphic principles , to the great leading ...
Σελίδα 144
... hieroglyphic idea , as it is distributed at the present day , through all the most cultivated languages of the earth . Next to r , one of the least variable sounds is the broad a , the hiero- glyphic sign of priority , unity , and power ...
... hieroglyphic idea , as it is distributed at the present day , through all the most cultivated languages of the earth . Next to r , one of the least variable sounds is the broad a , the hiero- glyphic sign of priority , unity , and power ...
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according action adjective pronouns adverbs ancient appear applied attempt attendant circumstance attention auxiliary Bridewell Palace called character circumstance of matter class of words common noun conjunctions conjunctive mood connected connexion definition degree denoted depends distinct earth employed English language exist explain expression extend fact farther forsothe French gender grammar grammarians guage Hebrew Hebrew language hieroglyphic human idea imperative mood implied important indicative mood infinitive mood infinitive verb JAMES DILL kind Latin learning letters light loved mental metonomy mind mood moral Murray's nations nature necessarily original participle passive verbs past tense philosophic phrase plural practice preposition present tense qualities racter reference relation relative rules Saxon scholar sensible object sentence signifies simple sounds specifying adjective structure of speech subjunctive mood Syria things thou tion tive tongues transitive verb understood whole writers written language
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Σελίδα xiv - Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead In the rock for ever!
Σελίδα 130 - On Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow ; And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Σελίδα 41 - Because I have called and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity: I will mock when your fear cometh...
Σελίδα 39 - And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. And they judged the people at all seasons : the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
Σελίδα 136 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see ; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Σελίδα 10 - For their studies : first, they should begin with the chief and necessary rules of some good grammar, either that now used or any better ; and while this is doing, their speech is to be fashioned to a distinct and clear pronunciation, as near as may be to the Italian, especially in the vowels.
Σελίδα 89 - Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
Σελίδα 126 - Now gliding remote, on the verge of the sky, The moon half extinguished her crescent displays ; But lately I marked, when majestic on high She shone, and the planets were lost in her blaze.
Σελίδα 54 - Fear not, for behold I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; ye shall find the Babe wrapped in swaddling clothes lying in a manger.