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 iii
... present work is almost wholly different from every other work of the kind hitherto published ; but the author is not conscious of having been actuated by any love of singularity ; and he is fully aware that peculiarities , however ...
... present work is almost wholly different from every other work of the kind hitherto published ; but the author is not conscious of having been actuated by any love of singularity ; and he is fully aware that peculiarities , however ...
Σελίδα 3
... present state of mind , even if his opinion were the same . That opinion being be- fore the public , a re - statement of it in this place ( if the author were so inclined ) is unnecessary . Perhaps after all , neither that opinion , nor ...
... present state of mind , even if his opinion were the same . That opinion being be- fore the public , a re - statement of it in this place ( if the author were so inclined ) is unnecessary . Perhaps after all , neither that opinion , nor ...
Σελίδα 11
... present work , many years ago , when his admiration of the " Diversions of Purley " was at its height ; for though , for a time , a convert to the theory of Mr. Horne Tooke , he had no faith in many of his etymo- logic instances ; and ...
... present work , many years ago , when his admiration of the " Diversions of Purley " was at its height ; for though , for a time , a convert to the theory of Mr. Horne Tooke , he had no faith in many of his etymo- logic instances ; and ...
Σελίδα 13
... present language of Italy and France and Spain thus produced ? The idiom and grammatic construction and conjugations and declen- sions ( and in these respects the modern is about as dissimilar to the ancient classic Greek ) are , indeed ...
... present language of Italy and France and Spain thus produced ? The idiom and grammatic construction and conjugations and declen- sions ( and in these respects the modern is about as dissimilar to the ancient classic Greek ) are , indeed ...
Σελίδα 15
... written in Greek and Latin . The fair inference seems to be , that as the Gothic , or , say at once , Saxon literature , ( and the writings of men in the present age who know not how to spell their own name , are as worthy of such a 15.
... written in Greek and Latin . The fair inference seems to be , that as the Gothic , or , say at once , Saxon literature , ( and the writings of men in the present age who know not how to spell their own name , are as worthy of such a 15.
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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...