The English Language in Its Elements and Forms: With a History of Its Origin and Development : Designed for Use in Colleges and SchoolsHarper & Brothers, 1855 - 754 pages |
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... respect to others , only an approxima- tion to exactness can be expected . Authorities are oft- en divided ; those upon whom we rely may have fallen into error , and apparent facts often lead different schol- ars to opposite conclusions ...
... respect to others , only an approxima- tion to exactness can be expected . Authorities are oft- en divided ; those upon whom we rely may have fallen into error , and apparent facts often lead different schol- ars to opposite conclusions ...
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... respect to Syl- labication .... 171. Orthoepy in respect to Ac- cent 190 172. Orthoepy in respect to Quan- tity ... 173. Pronunciation 174. Causes and Conditions of Page 191 191 incorrect Pronunciation . 191 175. Doubtful Orthoepy . 190 ...
... respect to Syl- labication .... 171. Orthoepy in respect to Ac- cent 190 172. Orthoepy in respect to Quan- tity ... 173. Pronunciation 174. Causes and Conditions of Page 191 191 incorrect Pronunciation . 191 175. Doubtful Orthoepy . 190 ...
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... respect to their mode of Construction ... 321 Conjugation of the Auxil- iary Verbs ..... 319 321 326. Forms for the Present Tense 308 346. The Verb Substantive .... 324 327. Forms for the Past Tense . 309 347. Conjugation of the Verb ...
... respect to their mode of Construction ... 321 Conjugation of the Auxil- iary Verbs ..... 319 321 326. Forms for the Present Tense 308 346. The Verb Substantive .... 324 327. Forms for the Past Tense . 309 347. Conjugation of the Verb ...
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... respect to the origin of the di- versities in languages . One opinion proceeds , on the supposition that there were originally several distinct stocks of the human race , to the conclusion that there were as many distinct languages as ...
... respect to the origin of the di- versities in languages . One opinion proceeds , on the supposition that there were originally several distinct stocks of the human race , to the conclusion that there were as many distinct languages as ...
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... respect to the causes now in op- eration , does not interfere with the supposition that the " confu- sion of tongues " may have hastened the diversities in language , if it did not originate them . The general topic of this section can ...
... respect to the causes now in op- eration , does not interfere with the supposition that the " confu- sion of tongues " may have hastened the diversities in language , if it did not originate them . The general topic of this section can ...
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accent adjective adverb Alphabet AMPHIBRACH ancient Anglo-Saxon antecedent Auxiliary verb C. S. Note called common compound conjugation conjunction connected consonant consonantal copula dative definite denotes derived dialect Diphthong elementary sound ellipsis English language equivalent etymology example EXERCISES UNDER RULE express French Future Perfect Tense gender genitive German Give glish Gothic grammatical Greek guage Hebrew idea infinitive mode inflection Italian king Latin letters logical loved meaning mind nature nominative noun object origin orthoepy orthography participle Past Tense Perfect Tense personal pronoun phonetic elements phrases predicate prefix Present Tense preterit pronunciation proposition QUESTIONS UNDER CHAPTER relation represented Roman root Sanscrit Saxon sense simple singular number sometimes sonant speak species speech spoken subjunctive substantive suffix surd syllable SYNTAX taken term termination Teutonic thee thing thou tion tive transitive verb Trochees verb vowel whence words writing
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Page 687 - I see before me the Gladiator lie ; He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony. And his droop'd head sinks gradually low, And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won.
Page 682 - Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels trumpet-tongued against The deep damnation of his taking-off; And pity, like a naked new-born babe, Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubim horsed Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, That tears shall drown the wind.
Page 110 - He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
Page 166 - 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...
Page 738 - I care not, fortune, what you me deny : You cannot rob me of free nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face ; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great children leave : Of fancy, reason, virtue, nought can me bereave.
Page 692 - Runs the great circuit, and is still at home. 0 winter, ruler of the inverted year, Thy scattered hair with sleet like ashes filled, Thy breath congealed upon thy lips, thy cheeks Fringed with a beard made white with other snows Than those of age, thy forehead wrapped in clouds, A leafless branch thy sceptre, and thy throne A sliding car, indebted to no wheels, But urged by storms along its slippery way, 1 love thee, all unlovely as thou seem'st, And dreaded as thou art!
Page 63 - The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either, yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accident; so strong indeed, that no philologer could examine them all three, without believing them to have sprung from some common source, which, perhaps, no longer exists...
Page 702 - Ye pine-groves, with your soft and soul-like sounds ! And they too have a voice, yon piles of snow, And in their perilous fall shall thunder, God!
Page 687 - Even now, methinks, as pondering here I stand I see the rural virtues leave the land. Down where yon anchoring vessel spreads the sail, That idly waiting flaps with every gale, Downward they move, a melancholy band, Pass from the shore and darken all the strand. Contented toil and hospitable care, And kind connubial tenderness are there; And piety, with wishes placed above, And steady loyalty and faithful love.
Page 733 - In the spring a fuller crimson comes upon the robin's breast; In the spring the wanton lapwing gets himself another crest; In the spring a livelier iris changes on the burnish'd dove; In the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.