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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... which Spain at one time possessed . Thus we have duplicates and triplicates of many words , which we borrowed by turns from the Italians , French , and Spaniards , as they respectively happened to be in the political ascendant . 7.
... which Spain at one time possessed . Thus we have duplicates and triplicates of many words , which we borrowed by turns from the Italians , French , and Spaniards , as they respectively happened to be in the political ascendant . 7.
Σελίδα 13
... possession ; and even these have frequently failed of producing such an effect . Was the language of China thus formed by the incursions of Northern barbarians ? ( for the Chi- nese were conquered by the Tartars ) . Was the mo- dern ...
... possession ; and even these have frequently failed of producing such an effect . Was the language of China thus formed by the incursions of Northern barbarians ? ( for the Chi- nese were conquered by the Tartars ) . Was the mo- dern ...
Σελίδα 14
... possession , nothing but a corrupt Latin . The truth is , a handful of invaders , ( and handful they must be , however numerous , when considered in reference to a populous nation , ) never did and never can produce much change on the ...
... possession , nothing but a corrupt Latin . The truth is , a handful of invaders , ( and handful they must be , however numerous , when considered in reference to a populous nation , ) never did and never can produce much change on the ...
Σελίδα 39
... in all probability , have possessed , if not dignity , at least , respectabi- lity ; but being vulgar upstarts of recent times , 39 The Interchanges of the Letters of the Alphabet considered Verbal Contraction or Abbreviation considered·
... in all probability , have possessed , if not dignity , at least , respectabi- lity ; but being vulgar upstarts of recent times , 39 The Interchanges of the Letters of the Alphabet considered Verbal Contraction or Abbreviation considered·
Σελίδα 46
... possessed sufficient merit to rise to any office of dis- tinction or station of respectability . Not to adduce such striking instances of gross corruptions ( for the examples above , as well as those given under Verbal Contraction , are ...
... possessed sufficient merit to rise to any office of dis- tinction or station of respectability . Not to adduce such striking instances of gross corruptions ( for the examples above , as well as those given under Verbal Contraction , are ...
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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...