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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... wholly different from every other work of the kind hitherto published ; but the author is not conscious of having been actuated by any love of singularity ; and he is fully aware that peculiarities , however original , may be the very ...
... wholly different from every other work of the kind hitherto published ; but the author is not conscious of having been actuated by any love of singularity ; and he is fully aware that peculiarities , however original , may be the very ...
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... wholly destitute of facts , we have nothing better than theories or conjectures on which to form an opinion . The easiest and most obvious method of account- ing for the origin of letters seems to be , that they were contrived like ...
... wholly destitute of facts , we have nothing better than theories or conjectures on which to form an opinion . The easiest and most obvious method of account- ing for the origin of letters seems to be , that they were contrived like ...
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... wholly right . It is possible that the al- phabet consisted from its formation of two distinct sets of signs ; the one signs of sounds , the other signs of ideas . The vowels , with some of the con- sonants , were perhaps employed like ...
... wholly right . It is possible that the al- phabet consisted from its formation of two distinct sets of signs ; the one signs of sounds , the other signs of ideas . The vowels , with some of the con- sonants , were perhaps employed like ...
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... wholly unnecessary . It will be sufficient , therefore , to notice their relation to the other consonants . B ( which requires the strongest effort in utterance of all the labials ) often inter- changes with D and T : thus , Dis , BIS ...
... wholly unnecessary . It will be sufficient , therefore , to notice their relation to the other consonants . B ( which requires the strongest effort in utterance of all the labials ) often inter- changes with D and T : thus , Dis , BIS ...
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... wholly , the very power of J , it is interchanged with it ; as , Journey , ( also Char , ) i . e . DIURNUS ; Journal , i . e . DIURNAL . S , Sh , Ti , ( when pronounced shi , ) can hardly be considered dentals , being merely an emission ...
... wholly , the very power of J , it is interchanged with it ; as , Journey , ( also Char , ) i . e . DIURNUS ; Journal , i . e . DIURNAL . S , Sh , Ti , ( when pronounced shi , ) can hardly be considered dentals , being merely an emission ...
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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...