Essay on LanguageC. Wiley, 1825 - 203 Seiten |
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... original elements must have been very numerous , and liable to great variations , on metaphysical principles . 26. The system of writing , with our ordinary letters , is , on the contrary , reducible to complete mathematical calculation ...
... original elements must have been very numerous , and liable to great variations , on metaphysical principles . 26. The system of writing , with our ordinary letters , is , on the contrary , reducible to complete mathematical calculation ...
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... original and bold imagery , the development of the early hu- man character , displayed in this book , render it one of the most interesting pieces of composition , any where to be found . To whatever time or place it may be referred ...
... original and bold imagery , the development of the early hu- man character , displayed in this book , render it one of the most interesting pieces of composition , any where to be found . To whatever time or place it may be referred ...
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... original forms preserved ; and amid all the muta- tions of worldly fashion , held more sacred for their antiquity . Of this kind were the Zendavesta of the Persians , the Jewish Scriptures and Talmud , the sacred Edda of Scandinavia ...
... original forms preserved ; and amid all the muta- tions of worldly fashion , held more sacred for their antiquity . Of this kind were the Zendavesta of the Persians , the Jewish Scriptures and Talmud , the sacred Edda of Scandinavia ...
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... original Britons remaining in England , were united under the heptarchy , in all the intercourse of social life , and on the consolida- tion of that confederacy , became completely one people . There was very little of exterior influ ...
... original Britons remaining in England , were united under the heptarchy , in all the intercourse of social life , and on the consolida- tion of that confederacy , became completely one people . There was very little of exterior influ ...
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... original branches of their language upon these foreign stocks . There is certainly a strange ignorance , both in England and America , of the real fountains of our native speech . All that has been done in exploring these sources is by ...
... original branches of their language upon these foreign stocks . There is certainly a strange ignorance , both in England and America , of the real fountains of our native speech . All that has been done in exploring these sources is by ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
according action adjective pronouns adverbs ancient appear applied attempt attendant circumstance attention auxiliary Bridewell Palace called character circumstance of matter class of words common noun conjunctions conjunctive mood connected connexion definition degree denoted depends distinct earth employed English language exist explain expression extend fact farther forsothe French gender grammar grammarians guage Hebrew Hebrew language hieroglyphic human idea imperative mood implied important indicative mood infinitive mood infinitive verb JAMES DILL kind Latin learning letters light loved mental metonomy mind mood moral Murray's nations nature necessarily original participle passive verbs past tense philosophic phrase plural practice preposition present tense qualities racter reference relation relative rules Saxon scholar sensible object sentence signifies simple sounds specifying adjective structure of speech subjunctive mood Syria things thou tion tive tongues transitive verb understood whole writers written language
Beliebte Passagen
Seite xiv - Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead In the rock for ever!
Seite 130 - On Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow ; And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Seite 41 - Because I have called and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity: I will mock when your fear cometh...
Seite 39 - And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. And they judged the people at all seasons : the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
Seite 136 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see ; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Seite 10 - For their studies : first, they should begin with the chief and necessary rules of some good grammar, either that now used or any better ; and while this is doing, their speech is to be fashioned to a distinct and clear pronunciation, as near as may be to the Italian, especially in the vowels.
Seite 89 - Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
Seite 126 - Now gliding remote, on the verge of the sky, The moon half extinguished her crescent displays ; But lately I marked, when majestic on high She shone, and the planets were lost in her blaze.
Seite 54 - Fear not, for behold I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; ye shall find the Babe wrapped in swaddling clothes lying in a manger.