The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1871 - 599 pagine |
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Pagina 57
... minds some laudable adventure , or elevates the thought to some of those exalted aims for which men have hazarded their lives . Another word may be cited , which belonged originally to the same ill- conditioned strain , but which time ...
... minds some laudable adventure , or elevates the thought to some of those exalted aims for which men have hazarded their lives . Another word may be cited , which belonged originally to the same ill- conditioned strain , but which time ...
Pagina 72
... mind when he in two places employed the uncouth native word besigte — a word which probably is nowhere else found . was not . This specimen has been brought forward here in order by this example to make it plain what ' King's English ...
... mind when he in two places employed the uncouth native word besigte — a word which probably is nowhere else found . was not . This specimen has been brought forward here in order by this example to make it plain what ' King's English ...
Pagina 133
... mind the differ- ence of pronunciation . That difference is not in all cases easy to seize and define , but the case of words from the French is exceedingly clear . The tendency of that nation is the reverse of ours in the matter of ...
... mind the differ- ence of pronunciation . That difference is not in all cases easy to seize and define , but the case of words from the French is exceedingly clear . The tendency of that nation is the reverse of ours in the matter of ...
Pagina 142
... - nought - state of mind , that is to say , it is much the same thing as ' despera- tion . ' The prefixed w has in this instance proved fatal to the word . The tch form of this root has 142 SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION .
... - nought - state of mind , that is to say , it is much the same thing as ' despera- tion . ' The prefixed w has in this instance proved fatal to the word . The tch form of this root has 142 SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION .
Pagina 150
... minds to Water glide away , And sip , with Nymphs , their elemental Tea . ' ( Canto i . ) ' Here thou , great ANNA ! whom three realms obey , Dost sometimes counsel take - and sometimes Tea . ' ( Canto iii . ) That this was the general ...
... minds to Water glide away , And sip , with Nymphs , their elemental Tea . ' ( Canto i . ) ' Here thou , great ANNA ! whom three realms obey , Dost sometimes counsel take - and sometimes Tea . ' ( Canto iii . ) That this was the general ...
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