The Philosophy of Rhetoric, 1. köideA. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... nouns , verbs , and the other parts of speech ; but it concerns every indivi- dual word , in the inflecting or the combining of which , a particular mode hath prevailed . Every single ano- maly , therefore , though departing from the ...
... nouns , verbs , and the other parts of speech ; but it concerns every indivi- dual word , in the inflecting or the combining of which , a particular mode hath prevailed . Every single ano- maly , therefore , though departing from the ...
Page 314
... noun singular should end with [ ] single ; " the words amends , summuans , sous , genus , species , genius , chorus , and several others , show the contrary . For the same reason the words averse and aversion , are more properly ...
... noun singular should end with [ ] single ; " the words amends , summuans , sous , genus , species , genius , chorus , and several others , show the contrary . For the same reason the words averse and aversion , are more properly ...
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... nouns and verbs of Latin original , our present syntax would be overturned . It is more conformable to English analogy with to ; the words dislike and hatred , nearly synonymous , are thus construed . The nature and use of verbal ...
... nouns and verbs of Latin original , our present syntax would be overturned . It is more conformable to English analogy with to ; the words dislike and hatred , nearly synonymous , are thus construed . The nature and use of verbal ...
Page 320
... noun wise , signifying manner , is quite obsolete . It remains now only in composition , in which , along with an adjective or other substantive , it forms an adverb or conjunc- tion . Such are sidewise , lengthwise , coastwise , con ...
... noun wise , signifying manner , is quite obsolete . It remains now only in composition , in which , along with an adjective or other substantive , it forms an adverb or conjunc- tion . Such are sidewise , lengthwise , coastwise , con ...
Page 324
... mistaken etymology , arising from an affinity to the French term , not in the verb , but in verbal noun , has given rise to this harsh anomaly . Sect . II . Good use not always uniform in 324 Book II . THE PHILOSOPHY OF Canon the fifth ...
... mistaken etymology , arising from an affinity to the French term , not in the verb , but in verbal noun , has given rise to this harsh anomaly . Sect . II . Good use not always uniform in 324 Book II . THE PHILOSOPHY OF Canon the fifth ...
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