A Treatise on the Etymology and Syntax of the English LanguageJ. Johnson, 1809 - 425 pàgines |
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Pàgina x
... seems to think that the antediluvians had an alpha- bet , and that hieroglyphical ' was posterior to alphabetical writ- ing . " The wisdom and simple manners of the first men , " says he , " would incline me to think , that they must ...
... seems to think that the antediluvians had an alpha- bet , and that hieroglyphical ' was posterior to alphabetical writ- ing . " The wisdom and simple manners of the first men , " says he , " would incline me to think , that they must ...
Pàgina x
... seem to be unsearchable " and impossible . " I observe also that in passing from pic- ture - writing to hieroglyphical expression , and in transferring the signs of physical to intellectual and invisible objects , fanciful conceits ...
... seem to be unsearchable " and impossible . " I observe also that in passing from pic- ture - writing to hieroglyphical expression , and in transferring the signs of physical to intellectual and invisible objects , fanciful conceits ...
Pàgina x
... alphabet . This conjecture must seem highly probable , when it is considered , that both a verbal and syllabic mode of notation are still practised by some Eastern nations . by themselves make , every one a perfect sound . iv INTRODUCTION .
... alphabet . This conjecture must seem highly probable , when it is considered , that both a verbal and syllabic mode of notation are still practised by some Eastern nations . by themselves make , every one a perfect sound . iv INTRODUCTION .
Pàgina 30
... seem to have uniformly used it as singular . A few examples occur of a plural usage . " When Rhea heard these news . " Raleigh Hist . World . " Are there any news of his intimate friend ? " Smollett . 66 News were brought to the queen ...
... seem to have uniformly used it as singular . A few examples occur of a plural usage . " When Rhea heard these news . " Raleigh Hist . World . " Are there any news of his intimate friend ? " Smollett . 66 News were brought to the queen ...
Pàgina 31
... seems probable , that this word after it assumed a plural form , was more frequently used as a singular , than as a plural noun . Modern usage , however , seems to incline the other way . A celebrated grammarian , indeed , has ...
... seems probable , that this word after it assumed a plural form , was more frequently used as a singular , than as a plural noun . Modern usage , however , seems to incline the other way . A celebrated grammarian , indeed , has ...
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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.