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 19
... proper place for saying a few words about the utility of Saxon literature , especially as there appears some disposition to exalt it into undue im- portance . A Saxon Professor in one of our most renowned seats of learning has employed ...
... proper place for saying a few words about the utility of Saxon literature , especially as there appears some disposition to exalt it into undue im- portance . A Saxon Professor in one of our most renowned seats of learning has employed ...
Σελίδα 24
... every one 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.
... every one 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
... proper to 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 ...
... proper to 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 ...
Σελίδα 27
... omit it in those cases which grammatical custom has rendered proper . 3. It is a corruption of C , G , and other gutturals : as Horn , i . e . CORNU ; Heart , Herz , Ger . i . e . CORS ; House , Ger . Hafod , Hus , 27.
... omit it in those cases which grammatical custom has rendered proper . 3. It is a corruption of C , G , and other gutturals : as Horn , i . e . CORNU ; Heart , Herz , Ger . i . e . CORS ; House , Ger . Hafod , Hus , 27.
Σελίδα 29
... proper to notice this double cha- racter of the gutturals . Mr. Horne Tooke affirms , that , with the Goths and Saxons as well as Latins and Greeks , these letters G and C were always hard ; but this appears to be one of his confident ...
... proper to notice this double cha- racter of the gutturals . Mr. Horne Tooke affirms , that , with the Goths and Saxons as well as Latins and Greeks , these letters G and C were always hard ; but this appears to be one of his confident ...
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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...