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 17
... rules , established principles , and admitted standards . New terms and modes of speech are constantly displacing the old ; for , usus Quem penes arbitrium est jus et norma loquendi . Custom , the sovereign arbiter of language , is as ...
... rules , established principles , and admitted standards . New terms and modes of speech are constantly displacing the old ; for , usus Quem penes arbitrium est jus et norma loquendi . Custom , the sovereign arbiter of language , is as ...
Σελίδα 23
... rules which will embrace all etymologic transmutations . It is only intended , therefore , to point out those which are of most common occurrence . The letters of the alphabet admit of being etymo- logically arranged thus : - A , E , I ...
... rules which will embrace all etymologic transmutations . It is only intended , therefore , to point out those which are of most common occurrence . The letters of the alphabet admit of being etymo- logically arranged thus : - A , E , I ...
Σελίδα 30
... rule , that before e , i , and y , G and C are soft ; because there is a peculiar difficulty or labour ( for men na- turally consult their ease ) in making them hard be- fore these vowels , especially as the vowels were anciently ...
... rule , that before e , i , and y , G and C are soft ; because there is a peculiar difficulty or labour ( for men na- turally consult their ease ) in making them hard be- fore these vowels , especially as the vowels were anciently ...
Σελίδα 32
... , and the same general rule of transmutation holds ; viz . the more harsh and difficult letters ( and combinations of letters ) usually change into those which are more smooth and easy . Facility , however , being often 32.
... , and the same general rule of transmutation holds ; viz . the more harsh and difficult letters ( and combinations of letters ) usually change into those which are more smooth and easy . Facility , however , being often 32.
Σελίδα 35
... rules ) they do not remain long in any one position , but shift about to every possible point of the same word ; occupying , by turns , the beginning , the middle , and the termination . The fact in question is so obvious , and has been ...
... rules ) they do not remain long in any one position , but shift about to every possible point of the same word ; occupying , by turns , the beginning , the middle , and the termination . The fact in question is so obvious , and has been ...
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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...