The Etymologic Interpreter, Or, An Explanatory and Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language: To which is Prefixed an Introduction Containing a Full Development of the Principles of Etymology and Grammar, &c. &c. &cR. Hunter, 1824 - 274 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 60
... descriptive of office , agency , & c . , come to be merely obscure titles or empty compliments : as , Duke , Marquis , Count , Earl , Lord , Knight , Squire , Mr. , Sir , Madam , Lady , Miss , & c . & c . All such words may be compared ...
... descriptive of office , agency , & c . , come to be merely obscure titles or empty compliments : as , Duke , Marquis , Count , Earl , Lord , Knight , Squire , Mr. , Sir , Madam , Lady , Miss , & c . & c . All such words may be compared ...
Σελίδα 68
... have , in course of time , risen to respectability in the language . All such words as are evidently useful , peculiarly conve- nient , distinctive , and descriptive , are sure of adop- tion , whence soever derived : they are a kind 68.
... have , in course of time , risen to respectability in the language . All such words as are evidently useful , peculiarly conve- nient , distinctive , and descriptive , are sure of adop- tion , whence soever derived : they are a kind 68.
Σελίδα 75
... descriptive , are familiar to the mouths and ears of men : all we intend , there- fore , is to render , if possible , that which is already in their possession of more value to them , by show- ing the uses to which it may be applied ...
... descriptive , are familiar to the mouths and ears of men : all we intend , there- fore , is to render , if possible , that which is already in their possession of more value to them , by show- ing the uses to which it may be applied ...
Σελίδα 96
... descriptive , ( and without this , according to Mr. Tooke , it could be no significant part of speech , ) what is its descriptive property - how did it acquire its designative power ?, Here also we shall attempt supplementary expli ...
... descriptive , ( and without this , according to Mr. Tooke , it could be no significant part of speech , ) what is its descriptive property - how did it acquire its designative power ?, Here also we shall attempt supplementary expli ...
Σελίδα 97
... descriptive of some quality , expressive of some circumstance ; and in the succes- sive re - application of them there is an assignable rea- son for their imposition ; for such names as Robert , John , Alfred , Hunt , Fox , & c . , are ...
... descriptive of some quality , expressive of some circumstance ; and in the succes- sive re - application of them there is an assignable rea- son for their imposition ; for such names as Robert , John , Alfred , Hunt , Fox , & c . , are ...
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absurd adjective affix admit adopted Anglo-Saxon arbitrary grammar composition concerning connexion Connouns considered consonant contr contraction corrupted definition derived designation Dictionary discarded distinctions diversity ellipsis employed English language entities established usage etymologic etymology evidently exist French frequently Gothic Goths gram grammarians grammatic grammatists Greek Greek and Latin guage guttural hence honour Horne Tooke indicate infinitive mood instances Italian learned letters Lindley Murray meaning merely metaphysical mode of expression Mood mouth names nations nature neutrologistic nominative nouns object obvious onomatopeia opinion origin participle perhaps philosophic plural possession preceding prefix preposition present pron pronounced pronouns pronunciation proper propriety purpose reason regular verb remarks render rule Saxon seems sentence signification singular sound speech spelling sufficient suppose syllable tence tense thing third person thou tion tive torule train uniformly useless verbal vowel vulgar whence wholly words write
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Σελίδα 220 - I am. Thou art. He is. We are. You are. They are. I was. Thou wast He was. We were. You were. They were.
Σελίδα 145 - A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as, I am — I rule — I am ruled.
Σελίδα 106 - An Adjective is a word added to a substantive, to express its quality : as, " An industrious man ; a virtuous woman.
Σελίδα 240 - Their march,' says the author, speaking of the Greeks under Alexander, ' their march was through an uncultivated country, whose savage inhabitants fared hardly, having no other riches than a breed of lean sheep, whose flesh was rank and unsavoury, by reason of their continual feeding upon sea-fish.
Σελίδα 243 - It is folly to pretend to arm ourselves against the accidents of life, by heaping up treasures, which nothing can protect us against, but the good providence of our Creator.
Σελίδα 243 - By greatness, I do not only mean the bulk of any single object, but the largeness of a whole view, considered as one entire piece.
Σελίδα 248 - The only exceptions are, of, if, as, is, has, was, yes, his, this, us, and thus.
Σελίδα 243 - are these designs which any man who is born a Briton, in any circumstances, in any situation...
Σελίδα 240 - The march of the Greeks, the description of the inhabitants through whose country they passed, the account of their sheep and the reason of their sheep being disagreeable food, make a jumble of objects, slightly related to each other, which the reader cannot, without considerable difficulty, comprehend under one view.
Σελίδα 115 - The persons speaking and spoken to, being at the same time the subjects of the discourse, are supposed to be present ; from which, and other circumstances, their sex is commonly known, and needs not be marked by a distinction of gender...