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... Prepositions . 23. Mr. M. says , " they serve to connect words with one another , and to shew the relation between them . " I have said merely , that they serve to shew the relation between them and I think this to be preferable ; as Mr ...
... Prepositions . 23. Mr. M. says , " they serve to connect words with one another , and to shew the relation between them . " I have said merely , that they serve to shew the relation between them and I think this to be preferable ; as Mr ...
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... prepositions in English , as in Hebrew , only govern one case ; this is the same with the French , Italian , Spanish , Chaldee , and Syriac ; whilst in the Greek , Latin and German , the same preposition go- verns many cases ...
... prepositions in English , as in Hebrew , only govern one case ; this is the same with the French , Italian , Spanish , Chaldee , and Syriac ; whilst in the Greek , Latin and German , the same preposition go- verns many cases ...
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... preposition . IV . That it can be called to , or addressed . Here we have naturally four cases , all of which are found in the Hebrew . This is also the character of the English , French , Italian and Spanish , in which the nouns have ...
... preposition . IV . That it can be called to , or addressed . Here we have naturally four cases , all of which are found in the Hebrew . This is also the character of the English , French , Italian and Spanish , in which the nouns have ...
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... preposition to , which is considered as the sign of the infinitive , being , according to the genius of the language , often omitted . 81. If the paradigms of the verb to visit be noticed in the French , Ita- lian , Spanish and German ...
... preposition to , which is considered as the sign of the infinitive , being , according to the genius of the language , often omitted . 81. If the paradigms of the verb to visit be noticed in the French , Ita- lian , Spanish and German ...
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... preposition ab . ( Page 389. ) In the Eastern languages and the Greek it stood for two . With an accent under it thus , & the Greeks used it for 2000 . C , C. The third letter of the modern languages and of the Latin . It does not stand ...
... preposition ab . ( Page 389. ) In the Eastern languages and the Greek it stood for two . With an accent under it thus , & the Greeks used it for 2000 . C , C. The third letter of the modern languages and of the Latin . It does not stand ...
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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.