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Page xii
... character of the English , French , Italian and Spanish , in which the nouns have no variation , except in the plural termination ; or in English in the possessive , by postfixing s with an apostrophe to the nominative . To attempt to ...
... character of the English , French , Italian and Spanish , in which the nouns have no variation , except in the plural termination ; or in English in the possessive , by postfixing s with an apostrophe to the nominative . To attempt to ...
Page xv
... characters , still retaining their own Orthography . But in affixing sounds to their letters , they gave their the sound of x , putting their Pathach or [ - ] under the consonant preceding the ♬ and denying to be a vowel , thus ...
... characters , still retaining their own Orthography . But in affixing sounds to their letters , they gave their the sound of x , putting their Pathach or [ - ] under the consonant preceding the ♬ and denying to be a vowel , thus ...
Page xvii
... character equivalent to the teth of the Hebrews ; but the Pelasgi , expressing all the aspirates by adding H , as the character of aspiration , to the respective mutes , and writing TH for the Hebrew teth ; the Latins who learned of ...
... character equivalent to the teth of the Hebrews ; but the Pelasgi , expressing all the aspirates by adding H , as the character of aspiration , to the respective mutes , and writing TH for the Hebrew teth ; the Latins who learned of ...
Page xxxviii
... use of let , which governing in the objective , the pronoun which is the very subject of the command , defeats its own end , and loses its own character ; thus , Imperative Mode . S. 1. Hardly ever used . 2. xxxviii PREFACE .
... use of let , which governing in the objective , the pronoun which is the very subject of the command , defeats its own end , and loses its own character ; thus , Imperative Mode . S. 1. Hardly ever used . 2. xxxviii PREFACE .
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... the voice , that cannot be subdivided into any more simple one ; and is generally marked with a peculiar character . Note 3 . 5. The Letters of the languages here treated of , are as follows , viz . SYRIAC . Final . Medial . Initial . ) ...
... the voice , that cannot be subdivided into any more simple one ; and is generally marked with a peculiar character . Note 3 . 5. The Letters of the languages here treated of , are as follows , viz . SYRIAC . Final . Medial . Initial . ) ...
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accent accusative adjectives adverb ancient Anglo-Saxon Aorist Tense aspirate Attic dialect augment auxiliary called Chaldee chap compound conjugation conjunction consonant contracted dative declension deflexions denoting derived dialects diphthong Dual English estádo été express feminine French gender genitive German gerund gevisitirt geworden govern Grammar grammarians Greek and Latin Hebrew Hiphil IMPERATIVE MODE imperfect indeclinable indefinite INDICATIVE MODE INFINITIVE MODE Italian letter Mæso-Gothic masc middle neuter nominative Note nouns observed Parkhurst participle passive perfect Perfect Tense PLUPERFECT plural possessive postfixed predicate prefixing preposition present preter pronouns Quintilian reduplication reference Rule SECOND AORIST second future second person sentence seyn short signifying singular sound Spanish speech subjunctive SUBJUNCTIVE MODE substantive verb superlative syllable Syriac tenses terminations third person thou tive verse visitáto visitiren vocative voice vowel words würde σθον τε τοις τω
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Page 251 - Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices, to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive...
Page 185 - Accent. ACCENT is the laying of a peculiar stress of the voice, on a certain letter or syllable in a word, that it may be better heard than the rest, or distinguished from them : as, in the word presume, the stress of the voice must be on the letter w, and second syllable, sume, which take the accent.
Page 185 - It is considered as long or short. A vowel or syllable is long, when the accent is on the vowel ; which occasions it to be slowly joined in pronunciation, with the following letters : as, " Fall, bale, mood, house, feature." - A syllable is short, when the accent is on the consonant which occasions the vowel to be quickly joined to the succeeding letter : as, ant, bonnet, hunger." A long syllable requires double the time of a short one in pronouncing it : thus, " mate" and " note" should be pronounced...
Page 249 - And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.
Page ii - A polyglot grammar of the Hebrew, Chaldee, Syriac, Greek, Latin, English, French, Italian, Spanish and German languages, reduced to one common rule of syntax, and an uniform mode of declension and conjugation, as far as practicable.
Page 203 - And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramothgilead? And he answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in the war.
Page vii - A or an is styled the indefinite article : it is used in a vague sense to point out one single thing of the kind, in other respects indeterminate : as, ', " Give me a book ;"
Page 186 - Tones. TONES are different both from emphasis and pauses ;* consisting in the modulation of the voice, the notes or variations of sound which we employ in the expression of our sentiments.