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 páginas |
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... Grammatic Distinctions of Words The Doctrine of Horne Tooke examined THE PARTS OF SPEECH CONSIDERED ............ .. 102 62 70 73 90 ib . Interjection ib . Adverb The Article Conjunction Preposition ..... Adjective or Attributive .. 103 ...
... Grammatic Distinctions of Words The Doctrine of Horne Tooke examined THE PARTS OF SPEECH CONSIDERED ............ .. 102 62 70 73 90 ib . Interjection ib . Adverb The Article Conjunction Preposition ..... Adjective or Attributive .. 103 ...
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... grammatic construction and conjugations and declen- sions ( and in these respects the modern is about as dissimilar to the ancient classic Greek ) are , indeed , different from those of the ancient written , classic or learned Latin ...
... grammatic construction and conjugations and declen- sions ( and in these respects the modern is about as dissimilar to the ancient classic Greek ) are , indeed , different from those of the ancient written , classic or learned Latin ...
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... grammatic authority , which is late in coming into existence , and not till long after the lawless anarchy of custom ( the sovereign arbiter of language according to Ho- race ) has committed strange etymologic outrages in mutilating and ...
... grammatic authority , which is late in coming into existence , and not till long after the lawless anarchy of custom ( the sovereign arbiter of language according to Ho- race ) has committed strange etymologic outrages in mutilating and ...
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... grammatic law , and , therefore , is always in full operation . That which is now under consideration was too obvious to escape observation , and , therefore , it has been frequently noticed by philological and meta- physical writers ...
... grammatic law , and , therefore , is always in full operation . That which is now under consideration was too obvious to escape observation , and , therefore , it has been frequently noticed by philological and meta- physical writers ...
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... grammatic , but logical or metaphysical absurdities , such as those which are so plentifully spread over grammars and dictionaries and metaphysical disquisitions ; not to mention the thousand controversies that literature is heir to ...
... grammatic , but logical or metaphysical absurdities , such as those which are so plentifully spread over grammars and dictionaries and metaphysical disquisitions ; not to mention the thousand controversies that literature is heir to ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
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
Passagens conhecidas
Página 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.
Página 145 - A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as, I am — I rule — I am ruled.
Página 106 - An Adjective is a word added to a substantive, to express its quality : as, " An industrious man ; a virtuous woman.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 248 - The only exceptions are, of, if, as, is, has, was, yes, his, this, us, and thus.
Página 243 - are these designs which any man who is born a Briton, in any circumstances, in any situation...
Página 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.
Página 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...