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 iv
... person has a more distinct perception of the meaning of such words than can pos- sibly be expressed ; and therefore ... persons might obtain some knowledge of other languages . PREFACE . When the English language , and others re- iv ...
... person has a more distinct perception of the meaning of such words than can pos- sibly be expressed ; and therefore ... persons might obtain some knowledge of other languages . PREFACE . When the English language , and others re- iv ...
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... persons have believed that Hebrew was the first language of man , and that the Hebrew alphabet came down from heaven . This is a short cut ( as Horne Tooke terms it ) which saves much trouble ; for on this hypothesis we have only to ...
... persons have believed that Hebrew was the first language of man , and that the Hebrew alphabet came down from heaven . This is a short cut ( as Horne Tooke terms it ) which saves much trouble ; for on this hypothesis we have only to ...
Σελίδα 3
... person who has carefully observed the multitude of words that are resolvable into a single verb , noun , or adjective , will cease to wonder that the whole of language should be resolvable into a few letters , even if these letters be ...
... person who has carefully observed the multitude of words that are resolvable into a single verb , noun , or adjective , will cease to wonder that the whole of language should be resolvable into a few letters , even if these letters be ...
Σελίδα 36
... persons - such as the following . A Somersetshire man exhorting his brethren , ( in London as we have heard , ) told them to go home and examine their wives , i . e . lives : and in reference to the Saviour , he thanked God for the wife ...
... persons - such as the following . A Somersetshire man exhorting his brethren , ( in London as we have heard , ) told them to go home and examine their wives , i . e . lives : and in reference to the Saviour , he thanked God for the wife ...
Σελίδα 37
... persons are , such as those with whom language originated , or rather through whom it descended and hence , the linguals are found in many words in which they did not originally exist . Thus , CARMEN , i . e . CAMENA ; Armoniack , i . e ...
... persons are , such as those with whom language originated , or rather through whom it descended and hence , the linguals are found in many words in which they did not originally exist . Thus , CARMEN , i . e . CAMENA ; Armoniack , i . e ...
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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...