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Pagina v
When this path is chosen , the complete and compact view of principles as a
whole will be deferred until such time as the learner shall have reached them
severally by means of facts which lie within his own experience . It is upon this ,
which ...
When this path is chosen , the complete and compact view of principles as a
whole will be deferred until such time as the learner shall have reached them
severally by means of facts which lie within his own experience . It is upon this ,
which ...
Pagina 11
These illustrations of the reciprocity of consonants are not co - extensive with the
whole scheme as devised by Grimm , but they contain the more obvious and
conspicuous parts of it . What has been said will shew the nature of the thing ;
and a ...
These illustrations of the reciprocity of consonants are not co - extensive with the
whole scheme as devised by Grimm , but they contain the more obvious and
conspicuous parts of it . What has been said will shew the nature of the thing ;
and a ...
Pagina 17
On this ground some critics insist that we should let the word English stand for the
whole extent of our insular history , which they would divide into Old English ,
Middle English , and New English . But on the whole , the terms already in use ...
On this ground some critics insist that we should let the word English stand for the
whole extent of our insular history , which they would divide into Old English ,
Middle English , and New English . But on the whole , the terms already in use ...
Pagina 25
Of all the losses which are deplored by the investigator of the English language ,
perhaps there is none greater than this , that the whole Anglian vernacular
literature should have perished in the ravages of the Danes upon the
Northumbrian ...
Of all the losses which are deplored by the investigator of the English language ,
perhaps there is none greater than this , that the whole Anglian vernacular
literature should have perished in the ravages of the Danes upon the
Northumbrian ...
Pagina 33
Prepositions are brought to their aid , and very soon the whole weight of the
function falls on the preposition . The inflection then lives on merely as an
heirloom in the language , an ancient fashion , ornamental rather than necessary
.
Prepositions are brought to their aid , and very soon the whole weight of the
function falls on the preposition . The inflection then lives on merely as an
heirloom in the language , an ancient fashion , ornamental rather than necessary
.
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