Essay on Language: As Connected with the Faculties of the Mind, and as Applied to Things in Nature and Art ...C. Wiley, 1825 - 203 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα iii
... sentences , Lessons in parsing , grammatical , do . do . philosophic , Specimens giving a slight view of the changes in language , 194 Examples of errors in practice , 203 PREFACE . THIS Essay is not offered as a finished.
... sentences , Lessons in parsing , grammatical , do . do . philosophic , Specimens giving a slight view of the changes in language , 194 Examples of errors in practice , 203 PREFACE . THIS Essay is not offered as a finished.
Σελίδα vi
... practice , witnessed its effects in expanding and invigorating the minds of the young !; in leading to habits of philosophic scru- tiny , and to the application of language to its legi- timate purposes . If it should be thought , by ...
... practice , witnessed its effects in expanding and invigorating the minds of the young !; in leading to habits of philosophic scru- tiny , and to the application of language to its legi- timate purposes . If it should be thought , by ...
Σελίδα 29
... practice . 54. On the subject of making any change in spirit or form in the English language , the most opposite opinions prevail . It is said , on one hand . that it is already fixed , and can admit no change : that Dr. Johnson has ...
... practice . 54. On the subject of making any change in spirit or form in the English language , the most opposite opinions prevail . It is said , on one hand . that it is already fixed , and can admit no change : that Dr. Johnson has ...
Σελίδα 36
... practice . A white house is a house painted white on the outside . A black horse is one whose coat of hair is of that color ; but red lead is the oxid of that metal prepared by a particular process in a reverberato- ry furnace . If a ...
... practice . A white house is a house painted white on the outside . A black horse is one whose coat of hair is of that color ; but red lead is the oxid of that metal prepared by a particular process in a reverberato- ry furnace . If a ...
Σελίδα 59
... practice , to aim at infallibility in the appli- cation of principles , the unerring use of which would require nothing less than the perfection of knowledge . The exercises under this system of explanation will be found exceedingly ...
... practice , to aim at infallibility in the appli- cation of principles , the unerring use of which would require nothing less than the perfection of knowledge . The exercises under this system of explanation will be found exceedingly ...
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according action adjective pronouns adverbs ancient appear applied attendant circumstance auxiliary auxiliary verbs called character circumstances class of words common noun conjunctions conjunctive mood connexion degree denoted depends distinct earth employed English language exist explain expression extended farther forsothe French gender governs grammar grammarians Greek guage Hebrew Hebrew language hieroglyphic human idea imperative mood implied important indicative mood infinitive mood infinitive verb kind Latin Latin language learning letters light loved meaning mental mind mood Murray's nations nature necessarily neuter verbs original participle passive verbs past tense philosophic phrase plural practice preposition present tense qualities racter reference relation relative relative pronouns rule Saxon schal scholar sensible objects sentence signifies simple sounds specifying adjective structure of speech subjunctive mood Syria thing third person singular thou tion tive tongues transitive verb ture understood whole writers written language
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Σελίδα 14 - Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead In the rock for ever!
Σελίδα 73 - Because I have called and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity: I will mock when your fear cometh...
Σελίδα 142 - And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name?
Σελίδα 5 - ... although we think we govern our words, and prescribe it well loquendum ut vulgus sentiendum ut sapientes; yet certain it is that words, as a Tartar's bow, do shoot back upon the understanding of the wisest, and mightily entangle and pervert the judgement.
Σελίδα 71 - And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. And they judged the people at all seasons : the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
Σελίδα 142 - And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM. And he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
Σελίδα 171 - But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think...
Σελίδα 28 - For their studies : first, they should begin with the chief and necessary rules of some good grammar, either that now used or any better ; and while this is doing, their speech is to be fashioned to a distinct and clear pronunciation, as near as may be to the Italian, especially in the vowels.
Σελίδα 129 - Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
Σελίδα 166 - Now gliding remote on the verge of the sky, The moon half extinguished her crescent displays : But lately I marked, when majestic on high She shone, and the planets were lost in her blaze.