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 12
... false . He has certainly done much to rescue etymology from the contempt into which it had fallen in the hands of preceding etymologists , who were , in general , as destitute of a sound understand- ing and philosophic spirit , as of ...
... false . He has certainly done much to rescue etymology from the contempt into which it had fallen in the hands of preceding etymologists , who were , in general , as destitute of a sound understand- ing and philosophic spirit , as of ...
Σελίδα 18
... false or absurd , but it was sub- sequently deemed best to refer the reader to the Dic- tionary , where they are examined in their alphabetic order . This , whilst it avoids swelling the present work unnecessarily , seems more ...
... false or absurd , but it was sub- sequently deemed best to refer the reader to the Dic- tionary , where they are examined in their alphabetic order . This , whilst it avoids swelling the present work unnecessarily , seems more ...
Σελίδα 35
... the liquid powers of L and R is , in one view , very true , in another , very false . There are individuals , and indeed , people of a whole district , that can never master and manage the hard L. The peasants of Somersetshire D 2 35.
... the liquid powers of L and R is , in one view , very true , in another , very false . There are individuals , and indeed , people of a whole district , that can never master and manage the hard L. The peasants of Somersetshire D 2 35.
Σελίδα 53
... false pretence or mental reservation , made the public his father - confessor , he hopes for some indulgence if not entire absolution ; and that the intellectual offering now presented , will meet with a candid reception ; for his most ...
... false pretence or mental reservation , made the public his father - confessor , he hopes for some indulgence if not entire absolution ; and that the intellectual offering now presented , will meet with a candid reception ; for his most ...
Σελίδα 55
... false gods : Caesar , at one time , was a proper name , ( and , perhaps , before that , meant having bushy hair , ) but it has long meant , as in German , Kaiser , and in Russ , Czar , an emperor ; which word emperor , originally meant ...
... false gods : Caesar , at one time , was a proper name , ( and , perhaps , before that , meant having bushy hair , ) but it has long meant , as in German , Kaiser , and in Russ , Czar , an emperor ; which word emperor , originally meant ...
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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...