The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1871 - 599 pagine |
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Pagina 143
... preterite of reach , and equivalent of our reached ) with a w . Speaking of Adam stretching forth his hand to pick the forbidden fruit , he says , ' he wrought life and died the death . ' That is to say , he ( raught ) snatched at life ...
... preterite of reach , and equivalent of our reached ) with a w . Speaking of Adam stretching forth his hand to pick the forbidden fruit , he says , ' he wrought life and died the death . ' That is to say , he ( raught ) snatched at life ...
Pagina 153
... preterite , and equivalent to ate , had a sound unlike our present pronuncia- tion of feat . And if so , the derivation of the word from the French fait , suggests the sounds fayt and ayt . Dr. Watts ( 1709 ) rhymes sea to away ...
... preterite , and equivalent to ate , had a sound unlike our present pronuncia- tion of feat . And if so , the derivation of the word from the French fait , suggests the sounds fayt and ayt . Dr. Watts ( 1709 ) rhymes sea to away ...
Pagina 203
... What has been said about shall applies equally to its preterite should . Its common symbolic use is illustrated in the following quotation , — ' Labourers indeed were still striving with employers about the AND OF INFLECTIONS . 203.
... What has been said about shall applies equally to its preterite should . Its common symbolic use is illustrated in the following quotation , — ' Labourers indeed were still striving with employers about the AND OF INFLECTIONS . 203.
Pagina 228
... preterite by an internal vowel - change , without any external addition . This character supplies a basis for the ... preterite , and by the formation of the par- ticiple in N. This latter feature has however been less con- stant than ...
... preterite by an internal vowel - change , without any external addition . This character supplies a basis for the ... preterite , and by the formation of the par- ticiple in N. This latter feature has however been less con- stant than ...
Pagina 229
... PRETERITE . abide abode bake beuk * bear bore , bare beat begin BELGAN BEON beat began BEALH PARTICIPLE . [ a ] bidden baken borne and born beaten , beat begun BOLGEN , bowln * bid bind bite blow blew bade , bid bound bote * , bit been ...
... PRETERITE . abide abode bake beuk * bear bore , bare beat begin BELGAN BEON beat began BEALH PARTICIPLE . [ a ] bidden baken borne and born beaten , beat begun BOLGEN , bowln * bid bind bite blow blew bade , bid bound bote * , bit been ...
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