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... Saxons . " From some passages in these letters it will be seen , that Foster began very early the cultivation of his conversational powers , instead of leaving this in- valuable instrument of social pleasure and improvement to the ...
... Saxons . " From some passages in these letters it will be seen , that Foster began very early the cultivation of his conversational powers , instead of leaving this in- valuable instrument of social pleasure and improvement to the ...
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... Saxon character ; his imitators undoubtedly have been far from divining this passages may be found where he has purposely availed himself of the rich variety which English affords by its naturalization of words of all languages , but ...
... Saxon character ; his imitators undoubtedly have been far from divining this passages may be found where he has purposely availed himself of the rich variety which English affords by its naturalization of words of all languages , but ...
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... Saxon grammars it is entitled Nama , or name . The English substantive has lost all trace of the dual number , which existed in the more an- cient languages , and of which we find traces in the Anglo - Saxon , i . e . in the pronouns ...
... Saxon grammars it is entitled Nama , or name . The English substantive has lost all trace of the dual number , which existed in the more an- cient languages , and of which we find traces in the Anglo - Saxon , i . e . in the pronouns ...
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General principles. plu . yards ; but many words of Saxon derivation are irregular in this respect . * Many substan- tives formerly terminated in e , and some of these retain it in the plural , though they have lost it in the singular ...
General principles. plu . yards ; but many words of Saxon derivation are irregular in this respect . * Many substan- tives formerly terminated in e , and some of these retain it in the plural , though they have lost it in the singular ...
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... Saxon , ' wa is me ! ' me is the dative case : in English , with the preposition , So , methinks ; ' Saxon , ' methincth ; ' εμoi dokεl . ' As us thoughte ' Sir John Maundevylle . Methoughte , this short interval of silence has had more ...
... Saxon , ' wa is me ! ' me is the dative case : in English , with the preposition , So , methinks ; ' Saxon , ' methincth ; ' εμoi dokεl . ' As us thoughte ' Sir John Maundevylle . Methoughte , this short interval of silence has had more ...
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accusative action Addison adjective adverb agent alike Anglo-Saxon arrangement becomes called CAPTAIN compound tenses Concord conjunction dative declension defective auxiliaries derived distinction dual number English language farther feminine forcible gefeɲa gender genitive German govern grammarian Greek GREEK PHILOSOPHY guage gular hath horse idioms IMPERATIVE Mode implies INDICATIVE MODE INFINITIVE MODE inflection INTERJECTION interrogatively LADY NEUBRUNN Latin Lord Lord Byron love We Thou masculine modern languages nations neuter nominative noun Participle past Participle present PASSIVE VOICE peculiar person or thing phrase plural possessive pronoun preposition pression primitive pronoun PRINCIPLES OF GRAMMAR regular verb relative require rule Saxon sense sentence Shakespeare signifies simple future Sing singular sion Smith Southey speak speaker speech stand SUBJUNCTIVE MODE tence termed termination Teutonic thee THEKLA Thou hadst Ye thought tion tive translation universal grammar usual place verb transitive wholly indeclinable words writing
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Seite 15 - He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth. The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.
Seite 117 - And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest ; as with the servant, so with his master ; as with the maid, so with her mistress ; as with the buyer, so with the seller ; as with the lender, so with the borrower ; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.
Seite 43 - Yet, even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols : and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
Seite 44 - The parts and signs of goodness are many. If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them: if he be compassionate towards the afflictions of others, it shows that his heart is like the noble tree that is wounded itself when it gives the balm...
Seite 9 - I shall do so ; But I must also feel it as a man : I cannot but remember such things were, That were most precious to me.
Seite 15 - And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.
Seite 19 - SHUT, shut the door, good John ! fatigued, I said, Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages ! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out : Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, 5 They rave, recite, and madden round the land.
Seite 9 - But I must also feel it as a man : I cannot but remember such things were, That were most precious to me. Did heaven look on, And would not take their part ? Sinful...
Seite 106 - I'll call thee Hamlet, King, father ; Royal Dane, O, answer me ! Let me not burst in ignorance ; but tell Why thy canonized bones, hearsed in death, Have burst their cerements...
Seite 17 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild...