A Treatise on the Etymology and Syntax of the English LanguageJ. Johnson, 1809 - 425 pàgines |
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Pàgina x
... render them subservient to his purposes . And , though at first his vocabulary was doubtless scanty , as his wants were simple , and his exigencies few , his language and his intellect would naturally keep pace . As the latter improved ...
... render them subservient to his purposes . And , though at first his vocabulary was doubtless scanty , as his wants were simple , and his exigencies few , his language and his intellect would naturally keep pace . As the latter improved ...
Pàgina xii
... rendered . It is formed about the same distance from the teeth , as the letter d , or rather somewhat behind it . 4thly , If the end of the tongue be gently applied to the fore part of the palate , a little behind the seat of the letter ...
... rendered . It is formed about the same distance from the teeth , as the letter d , or rather somewhat behind it . 4thly , If the end of the tongue be gently applied to the fore part of the palate , a little behind the seat of the letter ...
Pàgina 29
... render the construc- tion less vague , and the expression therefore less ambiguous , were we to employ it as singular , when the mediation or instrumentality of one thing is implied , and as plural , when two or more me- diating causes ...
... render the construc- tion less vague , and the expression therefore less ambiguous , were we to employ it as singular , when the mediation or instrumentality of one thing is implied , and as plural , when two or more me- diating causes ...
Pàgina 38
... rendering it , in this respect , superior to the languages of Greece and Rome , neither of which admitted this animated phraseology * . When we say , " The sun his orient beams had shed , " the expression possesses infinitely more ...
... rendering it , in this respect , superior to the languages of Greece and Rome , neither of which admitted this animated phraseology * . When we say , " The sun his orient beams had shed , " the expression possesses infinitely more ...
Pàgina 83
... rendered , equiv- alent to , " did he do it ? " Who did it " is in likę manner an affirmative clause ; but it is obvious , that this form of expression , like the other now adduced , may be likewise employed to denote an interrogation ...
... rendered , equiv- alent to , " did he do it ? " Who did it " is in likę manner an affirmative clause ; but it is obvious , that this form of expression , like the other now adduced , may be likewise employed to denote an interrogation ...
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action active verb Adjective admit adverb affirmation ambiguity analogy antecedent appears article Grammar assertion attribute Auxiliary Verb called character clause conceive conjunction considered consonant construed deemed definite article denotes distinction ellipsis employed English English language equivalent error examples expression former frequently genitive grammar grammarians Greek guage Hence idea imperfect Impersonal Verbs implies improperly impropriety indefinite INDICATIVE MOOD inflexion joined king language Latin latter Lowth meaning mode Mood neuter nominative Note noun object observed obsolete opinion Participle passive passive voice perfect person perspicuity phraseology Plur plural preceding predicate preposition Present Tense Preterite Priestley pronoun properly reader reason refers regimen relative relative clause respect rule Saxon Saxon genitive sense sentence signifies singular solecism sound speaking species speech Subjunctive Mood substantive Swift synonimous term termination thing thou tion tive Transitive Verb truth usage voice vowel word write
Passatges populars
Pàgina 160 - Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices, to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive...
Pàgina 315 - In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Pàgina 365 - LORD, our heavenly ,Father, Almighty > and everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day ; De(fend us in the same with thy mighty power ; and grant » that this day we fall into no ,sin, neither run into ,any kind of danger ; but » that all our doings may be ordered by ,thy governance, to do always » that > is ,righteous in thy sight ; through Jesus ,Christ > our Lord.
Pàgina 357 - To where Fleet-ditch with disemboguing streams Rolls the large tribute of dead dogs to Thames, The king of dykes ! than whom no sluice of mud With deeper sable blots the silver flood.
Pàgina 394 - We are apt to rely upon future prospects, and become really expensive while we are only rich in possibility: We live up to our expectations, not to our possessions, and make a figure proportionable to what we may be, not what we are. We outrun our present income, as not doubting to disburse * ourselves out of the profits of some future place, project, or reversion that we have in view.
Pàgina 322 - All expressions which, according to the established rules of language, either have no meaning, or involve a contradiction, or, according to the fair construction of the words, convey a meaning different from the intention of the speaker, should be dismissed.
Pàgina 246 - They are not the men in the nation, the most difficult to be replaced.' The definite article is likewise used to distinguish between things, which are individually different, but have one generic name, and things, which are in truth, one and the same, but are characterized by several qualities. If we say, ' The ecclesiastical and secular powers concurred in this measure,' the expression is ambiguous, as far as language can render it such.
Pàgina 336 - But what I have most at Heart is, that some Method should be thought on for ascertaining and fixing our Language for ever, after such Alterations are made in it as shall be thought requisite. For I am of Opinion...
Pàgina 138 - In the first person simply shall foretells ; In will a. threat, or else a promise dwells. Shall, in the second and the third, does threat ; Will simply, then, foretells the future feat.
Pàgina 207 - A Preposition is a part of speech, devoid itself of signification; but so formed as to unite two words that are significant, and that refuse to coalesce or unite of themselves.