The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
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Pagina 29
... mind , what wise men there for . merly were throughout England , both of sacred and secular orders ; and how happy times there were then throughout England ; and how the kings who had power over the nation in those days obeyed God and ...
... mind , what wise men there for . merly were throughout England , both of sacred and secular orders ; and how happy times there were then throughout England ; and how the kings who had power over the nation in those days obeyed God and ...
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 68
... mind . It is the organic completeness of a language that recommends it for grammatical study , but the philo- logical interest is totally different . In every language , how- ever perfect , philology sees a mass of relics , which can be ...
... mind . It is the organic completeness of a language that recommends it for grammatical study , but the philo- logical interest is totally different . In every language , how- ever perfect , philology sees a mass of relics , which can be ...
Pagina 73
... safely ventured on the word purveance ( providence , provision , care ) , which is what he had under his eye or in his mind when he in two places employed the uncouth native word besigte — a word THE KING'S ENGLISH . 73.
... safely ventured on the word purveance ( providence , provision , care ) , which is what he had under his eye or in his mind when he in two places employed the uncouth native word besigte — a word THE KING'S ENGLISH . 73.
Pagina 112
... mind , rind , wind , verb ( except wind , subst . , as generally pronounced ) : also these condign , malign , sign . But , after all , the name of Igh does not represent truly the general use of this vowel . To account for its having ...
... mind , rind , wind , verb ( except wind , subst . , as generally pronounced ) : also these condign , malign , sign . But , after all , the name of Igh does not represent truly the general use of this vowel . To account for its having ...
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