A general critical grammar of the Inglish language, on a system novel and extensive |
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Pàgina v
... tion , have merit : Harris to the few who possess learn- ing , ingenuity , and patience enough to discover it , presents a good example of analysis : Horne Tooké is an erudite , and ingenious etymologist : Priestley has shadowed out ...
... tion , have merit : Harris to the few who possess learn- ing , ingenuity , and patience enough to discover it , presents a good example of analysis : Horne Tooké is an erudite , and ingenious etymologist : Priestley has shadowed out ...
Pàgina xi
... tion of the labors of men to the uses of children : the declaration is modest , and the design does at - least deserve the meed of good intention : puerile it is , yet utile it seems : but it is to no great purpose that the systems of ...
... tion of the labors of men to the uses of children : the declaration is modest , and the design does at - least deserve the meed of good intention : puerile it is , yet utile it seems : but it is to no great purpose that the systems of ...
Pàgina xii
... tion which , it is apprehended , will be found useful , ornamental , curious , and pleasing , and which is now first regularly pursued through every part of grammar , at - least in our language : the Germans have lately pro duced a ...
... tion which , it is apprehended , will be found useful , ornamental , curious , and pleasing , and which is now first regularly pursued through every part of grammar , at - least in our language : the Germans have lately pro duced a ...
Pàgina 6
... tion , and with this belief I have not pretended to give any direct explication . * Consonants are the nerves , and sinews of the body of sound , which supply its physical strength : vowels are the veins , and arteries , which circulate ...
... tion , and with this belief I have not pretended to give any direct explication . * Consonants are the nerves , and sinews of the body of sound , which supply its physical strength : vowels are the veins , and arteries , which circulate ...
Pàgina 14
... tion , as is shown under the head of orthoepy . The manifold derivation of Inglish has induced its manifold orthography , in which attempted simplification must be futile : of this Mr. Elphinstone has furnisht an example , " which may ...
... tion , as is shown under the head of orthoepy . The manifold derivation of Inglish has induced its manifold orthography , in which attempted simplification must be futile : of this Mr. Elphinstone has furnisht an example , " which may ...
Frases i termes més freqüents
accordantly adjectival adjectives admit adverbs Amphibrach analogy Anapest Anapestick ancient antepenultimate accent auxiliary sign cesura Classical Classick comma commonly compounds conjugation conjunction consonant dative declension definite article derived dialects diphthong dissyllables distinctive express feminine French gender genitive gentile German Gothick grammar grammarians Greek heard heroick hyphen Iambick Iambus idiom implies improperly indicative mood infinitive mood Ingland Inglish language Inglish tongue Inglish verb interjections Italian jargon Johnson Latin letters long quantity markt modern mute neuter noun Observe orthoepy orthography past participle past tense pause penultimate accent plural poetical poetry polysyllables Poss.-gen possessive preceded preposition Present Tense pronunciation proper names properly Pyrrhick rhyme rule Saxon secondary accent Sect semipede sense sentence sequent short quantity signification singular sometimes sound Spanish speech Spondee substantival pronoun substantive superlative syllable termination Thou tion tive Todd triphthong Trisyllables Trochaick Trochee unaccented usage verse vowel Walker words write written
Passatges populars
Pàgina 248 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Pàgina 257 - Hampton takes its name. Here Britain's statesmen oft the fall foredoom Of foreign tyrants and of nymphs at home; Here thou, great Anna! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take— and sometimes tea. Hither the heroes and the nymphs resort, To taste awhile the pleasures of a court; In various talk th...
Pàgina 251 - Windsor! and thy green retreats, At once the monarch's and the muse's seats, Invite my lays. Be present, sylvan maids ! Unlock your springs, and open all your shades. Granville commands: your aid, O Muses, bring! What muse for Granville can refuse to sing ? The groves of Eden...
Pàgina 252 - In peace, Love tunes the shepherd's reed; In war, he mounts the warrior's steed; In halls, in gay attire is seen; In hamlets, dances on the green. Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above ; For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
Pàgina 252 - That changed through all, and yet in all the same, Great in the earth as in the ethereal frame, Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees : Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Pàgina 236 - KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime? Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime...
Pàgina 261 - Dire was the tossing, deep the groans : Despair Tended the sick, busiest from couch to couch ; And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delay'd to strike, though oft invoked With vows, as their chief good, and final hope.
Pàgina 232 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike; And like the sun. they shine on all alike.
Pàgina 233 - How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.
Pàgina 196 - We cannot indeed have a single image in the fancy that did not make its first entrance through the sight; but we have the power of retaining, altering, and compounding those images which we have once received, into all the varieties of picture and vision...