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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... Greek words are put in large Roman capitals , as Latin words are put in small Ro- man capitals : thus , ONOMA , NOMEN , name . Occasionally the author has taken the liberty of prefixing the obsolete sign ( or sign that a word is ...
... Greek words are put in large Roman capitals , as Latin words are put in small Ro- man capitals : thus , ONOMA , NOMEN , name . Occasionally the author has taken the liberty of prefixing the obsolete sign ( or sign that a word is ...
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... Greek was prior to Latin , so Hebrew was prior to Greek ; but it does not follow that the lan- guage of Greece was derived from the Hebrew . If they both contain many words which are manifestly identical , such kind of evidence is much ...
... Greek was prior to Latin , so Hebrew was prior to Greek ; but it does not follow that the lan- guage of Greece was derived from the Hebrew . If they both contain many words which are manifestly identical , such kind of evidence is much ...
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... Latin and Greek . Many words have been received directly.from these languages ; many have been re- ceived through the Italian , the Spanish , the Portu- guese , German , Swedish , Danish , and Dutch ; but the far greater proportion have ...
... Latin and Greek . Many words have been received directly.from these languages ; many have been re- ceived through the Italian , the Spanish , the Portu- guese , German , Swedish , Danish , and Dutch ; but the far greater proportion have ...
Σελίδα 6
... Greek and Latin . The reason why many Greek and Latin words have been adopted by us , through the medium of the Italian , is sufficiently obvious . Rome , even when her consuls and emperors were no more , was still the seat of empire ...
... Greek and Latin . The reason why many Greek and Latin words have been adopted by us , through the medium of the Italian , is sufficiently obvious . Rome , even when her consuls and emperors were no more , was still the seat of empire ...
Σελίδα 8
... the venera- ble Gothic ( whose origin , Mr. Horne Tooke says , is buried in the deepest antiquity ) should prove , after all , with very little , if any exception , a corruption of Greek and Latin . As to the Celtic , indeed 8.
... the venera- ble Gothic ( whose origin , Mr. Horne Tooke says , is buried in the deepest antiquity ) should prove , after all , with very little , if any exception , a corruption of Greek and Latin . As to the Celtic , indeed 8.
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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...