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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... notice ; but there is nothing which he so much distrusts as his ingenuity . He propounded a peculiar theory some years ago , ( viz . that the language of signs was prior to the lan- guage of sounds , ) with more ardour than he could ...
... notice ; but there is nothing which he so much distrusts as his ingenuity . He propounded a peculiar theory some years ago , ( viz . that the language of signs was prior to the lan- guage of sounds , ) with more ardour than he could ...
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... notice before proceeding to subjects of more evidence and greater utility . If the modern languages of Europe and the ancient languages of Rome and Greece had a common origin with He- brew , Which language is the oldest - and is that ...
... notice before proceeding to subjects of more evidence and greater utility . If the modern languages of Europe and the ancient languages of Rome and Greece had a common origin with He- brew , Which language is the oldest - and is that ...
Σελίδα 15
... notice ; but even the paradoxes of Horne Tooke merit refutation , and therefore we have devoted more attention to them than may seem necessary . The fact is as well established as any historical fact whatever , that the Goths had not ...
... notice ; but even the paradoxes of Horne Tooke merit refutation , and therefore we have devoted more attention to them than may seem necessary . The fact is as well established as any historical fact whatever , that the Goths had not ...
Σελίδα 24
... who has given the smallest attention to the subject , that we shall not trouble the reader with a single instance , but proceed directly to their interchanges with the consonants . And here it will be proper to notice , first 24.
... who has given the smallest attention to the subject , that we shall not trouble the reader with a single instance , but proceed directly to their interchanges with the consonants . And here it will be proper to notice , first 24.
Σελίδα 25
... notice , first , those letters which have a middle nature between vowels and consonants , and which are considered as sometimes the one and sometimes the other . U , V , W , are essentially the same letter ; as are I , J , Y : hence ...
... notice , first , those letters which have a middle nature between vowels and consonants , and which are considered as sometimes the one and sometimes the other . U , V , W , are essentially the same letter ; as are I , J , Y : hence ...
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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...