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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... stands isolated from kindred words ; in the gram . mar it stands in a class of words resembling one an- other in form and feature , so that in obtaining a knowl edge of the word from the grammar , you at the same time obtain a knowledge ...
... stands isolated from kindred words ; in the gram . mar it stands in a class of words resembling one an- other in form and feature , so that in obtaining a knowl edge of the word from the grammar , you at the same time obtain a knowledge ...
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... stand the nature of that connection , is just as evident as that there is a connection between the body and the soul , though the nature of this connection is not understood . Indeed , we know that there is a natural connection in the ...
... stand the nature of that connection , is just as evident as that there is a connection between the body and the soul , though the nature of this connection is not understood . Indeed , we know that there is a natural connection in the ...
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... stand the influence which language and opinion have upon each other . The opinion entertained of an object influences the mind in the application of a term to that object , and the term , when applied , influences the opinion . Call ...
... stand the influence which language and opinion have upon each other . The opinion entertained of an object influences the mind in the application of a term to that object , and the term , when applied , influences the opinion . Call ...
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... stand in connection . The sacred Scriptures are in this language . With the ancient Egyptian , from which the Coptic is derived , the Shemitic came in many ways into contact in very early times . The Coptic , therefore , which , with ...
... stand in connection . The sacred Scriptures are in this language . With the ancient Egyptian , from which the Coptic is derived , the Shemitic came in many ways into contact in very early times . The Coptic , therefore , which , with ...
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... is the softest and the most harmonious . In receiving the Latin , it was governed by true principles of euphony . Two consecutive consonants occurring in a Latin word are not allowed to stand in Italian ; but 60 HISTORICAL ELEMENTS .
... is the softest and the most harmonious . In receiving the Latin , it was governed by true principles of euphony . Two consecutive consonants occurring in a Latin word are not allowed to stand in Italian ; but 60 HISTORICAL ELEMENTS .
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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.