English Grammar: The English Language in Its Elements and Forms ; with a History of Its Origin and Development : Designed for Use in Colleges and SchoolsHarper, 1873 - 796 páginas |
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... sometimes become permanent portions of the language . Foreign terms are import- ed . New terms are applied to new inventions in art or new discoveries in science . An old term applied to a single object is transitively applied to other ...
... sometimes become permanent portions of the language . Foreign terms are import- ed . New terms are applied to new inventions in art or new discoveries in science . An old term applied to a single object is transitively applied to other ...
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... sometimes called the Zend . Coming from the same source as the Sanscrit , it spread itself among the wor- shipers of the Sun , and is the parent of the several dialects now spoken in Persia . It was in this language that the Zendavesta ...
... sometimes called the Zend . Coming from the same source as the Sanscrit , it spread itself among the wor- shipers of the Sun , and is the parent of the several dialects now spoken in Persia . It was in this language that the Zendavesta ...
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... sometimes called the Old Norse , was , in its present state , carried into Iceland by the first Nor- wegian refugees in the ninth century , and embalmed there . among the snow and ice . There is so little difference between the present ...
... sometimes called the Old Norse , was , in its present state , carried into Iceland by the first Nor- wegian refugees in the ninth century , and embalmed there . among the snow and ice . There is so little difference between the present ...
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... sometimes showed a high regard for honor , and a pride of mind that could not endure disgrace . Twenty - nine Saxons strangled themselves , to avoid being brought into a theatre for a gladiatorial show . Their arms were long lances ...
... sometimes showed a high regard for honor , and a pride of mind that could not endure disgrace . Twenty - nine Saxons strangled themselves , to avoid being brought into a theatre for a gladiatorial show . Their arms were long lances ...
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... sometimes , and often weeping great and little showers , and sets quickly ; so is a man's reason and his life . He first begins to perceive himself , to see or taste , making little reflections upon his actions of sense , and can ...
... sometimes , and often weeping great and little showers , and sets quickly ; so is a man's reason and his life . He first begins to perceive himself , to see or taste , making little reflections upon his actions of sense , and can ...
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Términos y frases comunes
accent adjective adverb ancient Anglo-Norman Anglo-Saxon breath C. S. Note called Celtic Celts classification combination common compound conjunction CONSONANT SOUNDS consonantal elements consonantal sounds copula Danish dative denotes dialect Diphthong elementary sound England English language equivalent etymological euphony express French gender genitive German Give glish Gothic Gothic language grammar Greek Greek language guage inflection Italian king Latin language Latin words letters logical loved meaning mind mode Norman noun object origin orthoepy participle person Philippe de Thaun phonetic elements plural predicate prefix preposition present preterit pronoun pronunciation proposition QUESTIONS UNDER CHAPTER race relation represented Roman roots Sanscrit Saxon sentence Shemitic singular sometimes sonant SPECIMEN speech spoken language stock of languages substantive suffix surd syllable taken term termination Teutonic th in thin thing thou tion tive tongue transitive verb verb vocal voice vowel vowel sounds whence writing καὶ
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Página 546 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village- Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Página 640 - In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Página 100 - Osiris, took the virgin truth, hewed her lovely form into a thousand pieces, and scattered them to the four winds. From that time ever since, the sad friends of truth, such as durst appear, imitating the careful search that Isis made for the mangled body of Osiris, went up and down, gathering up limb by limb still as they could find them.
Página 603 - FATHER of all ! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord ! Thou great first Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind ; Yet gave me, in this dark estate, To see the good from ill ; And binding nature fast in fate, Left free the human will.
Página 510 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Página 737 - TRIUMPHAL arch, that fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part, I ask not proud Philosophy To teach me what thou art — Still seem, as to my childhood's sight, A midway station given For happy spirits to alight Betwixt the earth and heaven. Can all that Optics...
Página 160 - And there lay the rider distorted and pale, "With the dew on his brow, and the rust on his mail ; And the tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown.
Página 682 - And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud; for he is a god: either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or, peradventure, he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Página 160 - Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen: Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed...
Página 648 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it.