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 8
... philosophic neighbours : thus the nations of Europe , during the middle or dark ages , borrowed largely from the Saracens and the Greeks ; thus the Celts , the Goths , the Sarmatians , and even the Per- sians , the Arabians , & c . & c ...
... philosophic neighbours : thus the nations of Europe , during the middle or dark ages , borrowed largely from the Saracens and the Greeks ; thus the Celts , the Goths , the Sarmatians , and even the Per- sians , the Arabians , & c . & c ...
Σελίδα 12
... philosophic spirit , as of good taste and ele- gant scholarship ; but he has deliberately and wil- fully exposed both himself and his subject to much ridicule a test of truth which he applied very freely to others and if it has been ...
... philosophic spirit , as of good taste and ele- gant scholarship ; but he has deliberately and wil- fully exposed both himself and his subject to much ridicule a test of truth which he applied very freely to others and if it has been ...
Σελίδα 22
... philosophic groves of Academus , where the smooth periods of the eloquent Cicero , and the golden sentences of the divine Plato , communicate to the ravished ear pro- found reflections on the true philosophy of the mind , the immutable ...
... philosophic groves of Academus , where the smooth periods of the eloquent Cicero , and the golden sentences of the divine Plato , communicate to the ravished ear pro- found reflections on the true philosophy of the mind , the immutable ...
Σελίδα 69
... philosophic Latin ; not directly from the schools , or from mere scholars ; but from the professions , and in connexion with the arts and sciences , and institutions , and inventions , and im- provements , and business of life . The ...
... philosophic Latin ; not directly from the schools , or from mere scholars ; but from the professions , and in connexion with the arts and sciences , and institutions , and inventions , and im- provements , and business of life . The ...
Σελίδα 70
... philosophic languages present these attributes so strikingly as to render them ob- vious to every inquirer . Take , for example , the He- brew and the Saxon ; and making all due allowance for the sacred character of the former ( and if ...
... philosophic languages present these attributes so strikingly as to render them ob- vious to every inquirer . Take , for example , the He- brew and the Saxon ; and making all due allowance for the sacred character of the former ( and if ...
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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...