The Philosophy of Language: Containing Practical Rules for Acquiring a Knowledge of English GrammarRelfe and Fletcher, 1838 - 241 Seiten |
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
The Philosophy of Language: Containing Practical Rules for Acquiring a ... William Cramp Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2009 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
abbreviation abstract action adjective admit adverb affirmation as-the assertion attri attribute auxiliary belonging called cause Chailey character clause Cobbett complex term conjunction connected considered copula Crombie definite article derived disjunctive distinct distinguished employed English language equivalent essential existence expressed force of signification genitive grammar grammarians guage Harris Hence imperative mood implied indeclinable indefinite INDICATIVE MOOD individual infinitive mood interjections Julius Cæsar Lewes manner of signification meaning merely mind mode modification nature neuter Newick nominative notion noun substantive object observed opinion original past participle perceive personal pronouns phrase plural possessive predicate preposition present participle principles pronunciation proper name propriety reader refers relative remarks represent Ringmer RULE says Dr sense sentence Sevenoaks singular sometimes sound speak species speech spoken subjunctive mood substantive syntax tense thing thou thoughts tion tive Tooke Tooke's truth understood usage verb verbal noun words writer
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 224 - It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth : but when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.
Seite 210 - ... as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Seite 73 - Our revels now are ended... These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits, and Are melted into air, into thin air, And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind: we are such stuff As dreams are made on; and our little life Is rounded with a sleep..
Seite 213 - I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Seite 35 - Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire ? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king. He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
Seite 211 - Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, Our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain. Awake but one, and lo, what myriads rise ! * Each stamps its image as the other flies.
Seite 36 - He'd undertake to prove by force Of argument, a man's no horse; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl; A calf an alderman, a goose a justice, And rooks committee-men and trustees.
Seite 190 - AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar...
Seite 163 - I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews : 3 Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews : wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
Seite 97 - Which of them, is he or she ?" 9. As the pronoun relative has no distinction of number, we sometimes find an ambiguity in the use of it : as when we say, " The disciples of Christ, whom we imitate ;" we may mean the imitation either of Christ, or of his disciples. The accuracy and clearness of the sentence, depend very much upon the proper and determinate use of the relative, so that it may readily present its antecedent to the mind of the hearer or reader, without any obscurity or ambiguity.