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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... difficult , and often impossible , so that it is less from choice than necessity that a people , poor in arts and sciences , borrow not only the im- provements , but , to a certain extent , the language of their richer , i . e . more ...
... difficult , and often impossible , so that it is less from choice than necessity that a people , poor in arts and sciences , borrow not only the im- provements , but , to a certain extent , the language of their richer , i . e . more ...
Σελίδα 18
... difficult to con- ceive any reason whatever , save that the former are found in Gothic and Saxon letters and spelling . It was at first intended to collect in this place such instances , as well as all such Gothic derivations as seem ...
... difficult to con- ceive any reason whatever , save that the former are found in Gothic and Saxon letters and spelling . It was at first intended to collect in this place such instances , as well as all such Gothic derivations as seem ...
Σελίδα 29
... difficult and harsh ) to both mouth ( or rather throat ) and ear ; the other is altogether as soft and easy , being the same as J , S , Tsh . Here it will be proper to notice this double cha- racter of the gutturals . Mr. Horne Tooke ...
... difficult and harsh ) to both mouth ( or rather throat ) and ear ; the other is altogether as soft and easy , being the same as J , S , Tsh . Here it will be proper to notice this double cha- racter of the gutturals . Mr. Horne Tooke ...
Σελίδα 30
... difficulty and harshness of the hard or guttural pronunciation of the letters in question ; and there appears a physical reason why it should have become a general rule , that before e , i , and y , G and C are soft ; because there is a ...
... difficulty and harshness of the hard or guttural pronunciation of the letters in question ; and there appears a physical reason why it should have become a general rule , that before e , i , and y , G and C are soft ; because there is a ...
Σελίδα 32
... difficulty and harshness above noticed , C , K , G , are frequently changed , not only into J and S , both in power and in ... difficult letters ( and combinations of letters ) usually change into those which are more smooth and easy ...
... difficulty and harshness above noticed , C , K , G , are frequently changed , not only into J and S , both in power and in ... difficult letters ( and combinations of letters ) usually change into those which are more smooth and easy ...
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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...