The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1871 - 599 pagine |
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... Noun Group 1. Of the Substantive 2. Of the Adjective 3. Of the Adverb § The Numerals CHAPTER VIII . The Pronoun Group . 1. Substantival Pronouns 2. Adjectival Pronouns 3. Adverbial Pronouns • 256 261 265 · 321 359 381 387 390 408 417 ...
... Noun Group 1. Of the Substantive 2. Of the Adjective 3. Of the Adverb § The Numerals CHAPTER VIII . The Pronoun Group . 1. Substantival Pronouns 2. Adjectival Pronouns 3. Adverbial Pronouns • 256 261 265 · 321 359 381 387 390 408 417 ...
Pagina 40
John Earle. and in the nouns behalf , behest , behoof , in all which the old sense of about is clearly discernible . The same is the bi in the noun biword , a proverb , a good word lost to us , but retained by the Germans , Beiwort . But ...
John Earle. and in the nouns behalf , behest , behoof , in all which the old sense of about is clearly discernible . The same is the bi in the noun biword , a proverb , a good word lost to us , but retained by the Germans , Beiwort . But ...
Pagina 88
... noun souil and verb souiller a new vocalisation , and hence the English soil . Reprisals are made by the attraction of the Saxon vowels , and we see the French deuil producing such an English form as dole , doleful . The Saxon u is ...
... noun souil and verb souiller a new vocalisation , and hence the English soil . Reprisals are made by the attraction of the Saxon vowels , and we see the French deuil producing such an English form as dole , doleful . The Saxon u is ...
Pagina 106
... noun eye , and the vowel I , are regarded as having the selfsame sound . The extreme oddity of our sound of U comes out under a used - up or languid utterance , as when a dilettante is heard to excuse himself from purchasing pictures ...
... noun eye , and the vowel I , are regarded as having the selfsame sound . The extreme oddity of our sound of U comes out under a used - up or languid utterance , as when a dilettante is heard to excuse himself from purchasing pictures ...
Pagina 110
... noun ewe , to which in sound we prefix a y . Account for it how we may , the fact is plain ( and this is what we are now upon ) that the vowel has caught its nam- ing from certain strained and exceptional uses of it . To so great a ...
... noun ewe , to which in sound we prefix a y . Account for it how we may , the fact is plain ( and this is what we are now upon ) that the vowel has caught its nam- ing from certain strained and exceptional uses of it . To so great a ...
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