An Analytical Dictionary of the English LanguageJ. Cochrane and Company, 1835 - 455 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα vii
... four different sounds , and the junction of consonants to form new letters , together with the changes of our speech in the progress of time , have rendered our written language almost useless as a sign of modern pronunciation . Its sup ...
... four different sounds , and the junction of consonants to form new letters , together with the changes of our speech in the progress of time , have rendered our written language almost useless as a sign of modern pronunciation . Its sup ...
Σελίδα vii
... four Gospels , so called because it is written in silver letters . It is believed to have been translated from the Greek , at the close of the fourth century , by Ulphilas , the first bishop of the Visigoths ( or Mosogoths ) , in a ...
... four Gospels , so called because it is written in silver letters . It is believed to have been translated from the Greek , at the close of the fourth century , by Ulphilas , the first bishop of the Visigoths ( or Mosogoths ) , in a ...
Σελίδα xi
... four letters above written , the eight which are marked by asterisks were long peculiar to the Ionians . The Athenians had , then , only sixteen letters ; nor was the alphabet , as it now stands , generally adopted in Greece until the ...
... four letters above written , the eight which are marked by asterisks were long peculiar to the Ionians . The Athenians had , then , only sixteen letters ; nor was the alphabet , as it now stands , generally adopted in Greece until the ...
Σελίδα xiii
... four sounds of the vowel a , which are heard in the words fat , far , fate , and fall . The two first differ only in length , the one having its accent on the consonant and the other on the vowel thus , fat ' and far . The third sound ...
... four sounds of the vowel a , which are heard in the words fat , far , fate , and fall . The two first differ only in length , the one having its accent on the consonant and the other on the vowel thus , fat ' and far . The third sound ...
Σελίδα xvi
... four sounds , those of the diphthong wo ( u - o ) , and of the two consonants m and b . Europeans consider the labials as the easiest to be pronounced of all the letters ; and yet , extraordinary as it would seem , it has been ...
... four sounds , those of the diphthong wo ( u - o ) , and of the two consonants m and b . Europeans consider the labials as the easiest to be pronounced of all the letters ; and yet , extraordinary as it would seem , it has been ...
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Σελίδα lxvi - Rapt into future times, the bard begun : ' A Virgin shall conceive, a Virgin bear a Son ! From Jesse's root behold a branch arise, Whose sacred flower with fragrance fills the skies ; The ethereal spirit o'er its leaves shall move, And on its top descends the mystic Dove.
Σελίδα lxxx - It were better for, him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
Σελίδα cviii - It's hardly in a body's pow'r, To keep, at times, frae being sour, To see how things are shar'd ; How best o...
Σελίδα lxxi - Muse must flatter lawless sway, And follow still where fortune leads the way ; Or if no basis bear my rising name, But the fallen ruins of another's fame ; Then teach me, Heaven ! to scorn the guilty bays. Drive from my breast that wretched lust of praise . Unblemish'd let me live or die unknown : Oh, grant an honest fame, or grant me none !
Σελίδα lxxiv - If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? Or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him? If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? Or what receiveth he of thine hand? Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; And thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
Σελίδα cxix - Ask where's the North? at York, 'tis on the Tweed; In Scotland, at the Orcades ; and there, At Greenland, Zembla, or the Lord knows where.
Σελίδα 281 - Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell: It fell upon a little western flower, Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound, And maidens call it Love-in-idleness.
Σελίδα lxvi - All crimes shall cease, and ancient fraud shall fail ; Returning Justice lift aloft her scale ; Peace o'er the world her olive wand extend, And white-robed Innocence from heaven descend.
Σελίδα lxxx - Alas! what boots it with uncessant care To tend the homely, slighted shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse? Were it not better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair?
Σελίδα lxxii - They might, could, would, or should have loved. or should have loved. Subjunctive Mood. PRESENT TENSE. SINGULAR. PLURAL, 1. If I love. 1. If we love. 2. If thou love. 2. If ye or you love.