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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... never have been , and which , probably , never can be realized ; they have internal evidence of proceeding from sincerity . But with every disposition to admit the merits of the above work , it certainly does contain a considerable ...
... never have been , and which , probably , never can be realized ; they have internal evidence of proceeding from sincerity . But with every disposition to admit the merits of the above work , it certainly does contain a considerable ...
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... never did and never can produce much change on the language of a dense population ; to which they are related as the Catholic missionaries to the Hindoos and Chinese ; and instead of con- verting the people to their language , opinions ...
... never did and never can produce much change on the language of a dense population ; to which they are related as the Catholic missionaries to the Hindoos and Chinese ; and instead of con- verting the people to their language , opinions ...
Σελίδα 29
... never found without U ) is merely Cu ; C and K are the same letter , the last being the Greek , and the first the Latin form . There remain to be considered , therefore , only G and C. These two letters are nearly identical ; indeed ...
... never found without U ) is merely Cu ; C and K are the same letter , the last being the Greek , and the first the Latin form . There remain to be considered , therefore , only G and C. These two letters are nearly identical ; indeed ...
Σελίδα 35
... 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.
... 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 40
... never rise to the classic title of good expressions , or to the honour of polite usage . 2. Longer words and syllables contract ( whilst language is unfixed ) into shorter , and the longer the word , the greater the contraction . Thus ...
... never rise to the classic title of good expressions , or to the honour of polite usage . 2. Longer words and syllables contract ( whilst language is unfixed ) into shorter , and the longer the word , the greater the contraction . Thus ...
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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...