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... Nature does not work by system , but by uniformity . Like cases produce like circumstances . Simplicity and uniformity are the characteristics of Nature ; complexity and difference of system , arise from Art . 8. Under this impression ...
... Nature does not work by system , but by uniformity . Like cases produce like circumstances . Simplicity and uniformity are the characteristics of Nature ; complexity and difference of system , arise from Art . 8. Under this impression ...
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... nature , co - oval with the language itself , and essen- tial to the very principle of articulation . Let us take an ... natural means of articulation . 39. The second way of supplying vowels has been by the points . This is an arbitrary ...
... nature , co - oval with the language itself , and essen- tial to the very principle of articulation . Let us take an ... natural means of articulation . 39. The second way of supplying vowels has been by the points . This is an arbitrary ...
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... nature , we can hold mental converse with all who understand the language of nature . 42. Nor has our language less than any other failed to turn this com- parative etymology to its own advantage : whilst it has retained the ori- ginal ...
... nature , we can hold mental converse with all who understand the language of nature . 42. Nor has our language less than any other failed to turn this com- parative etymology to its own advantage : whilst it has retained the ori- ginal ...
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... nature and use of compa- rative etymology ; I therefore do not pursue them further . 49. There is one peculiarity in regard to the Greek , worthy of a little notice ; I mean the existence of a dual number in its nouns , adjectives ...
... nature and use of compa- rative etymology ; I therefore do not pursue them further . 49. There is one peculiarity in regard to the Greek , worthy of a little notice ; I mean the existence of a dual number in its nouns , adjectives ...
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... nature is intended , the subjunctives are either the same as their indica- tives , as in the present and imperfect tenses , as τl , or retain the aug- ment , as in the perfect and pluperfect , as Qian . But , where the con- versive is ...
... nature is intended , the subjunctives are either the same as their indica- tives , as in the present and imperfect tenses , as τl , or retain the aug- ment , as in the perfect and pluperfect , as Qian . But , where the con- versive is ...
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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 ii - An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned." And also to the act, entitled " An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled, " An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and...
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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.