A Grammar of the Greek Language, Part First: A Practical Grammar of the Attic and Common Dialects, with the Elements of General Grammar |
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... class , as the crier called the Roman people upon the celebration of the Secular games , " to gaze upon that which they had never seen before , and would never see again . ” In the secondary tenses of the indicative , and in the ...
... class , as the crier called the Roman people upon the celebration of the Secular games , " to gaze upon that which they had never seen before , and would never see again . ” In the secondary tenses of the indicative , and in the ...
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... classes of verbs , with their varieties of formation . It is scarcely necessary to remark , that , in the table of translation ( § 283 ) , the form of the verb must be adapted to the number and person of the pronoun ; thus , I am ...
... classes of verbs , with their varieties of formation . It is scarcely necessary to remark , that , in the table of translation ( § 283 ) , the form of the verb must be adapted to the number and person of the pronoun ; thus , I am ...
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... classes in all the states , and became the universal language of prose composition . As its use extend- ed , it naturally lost some of its peculiarities , and received many additions ; and , thus diffused and modified , it took the ...
... classes in all the states , and became the universal language of prose composition . As its use extend- ed , it naturally lost some of its peculiarities , and received many additions ; and , thus diffused and modified , it took the ...
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... classes , and content ourselves with assigning a character to each class . Most nations have adopted the latter course . It is but natural that they should differ in the number of their classes . The most common number has been five ...
... classes , and content ourselves with assigning a character to each class . Most nations have adopted the latter course . It is but natural that they should differ in the number of their classes . The most common number has been five ...
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... class of sounds which we call the vowel A. The two middle divisions repre- sent the vowels E and 0. The two divisions nearest i and u , represent the vowels I and U. We have drawn cross lines to mark the divisions , but in reality , the ...
... class of sounds which we call the vowel A. The two middle divisions repre- sent the vowels E and 0. The two divisions nearest i and u , represent the vowels I and U. We have drawn cross lines to mark the divisions , but in reality , the ...
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