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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Ablaut accent adjectival adjective adverb alphabet ancient Anglian Anglo-Saxon appears become called Canterbury Tales century character Chaucer cloth compound conjunction consonant Danish dialect diphthong distinction Edition England English language example expression Extra fcap fact Faery Queene fcap flexion following quotation French words function German Gothic Gothic languages grammatical Greek guttural habit High Dutch illustration infinitive inflections instances interjection John John Keble king Latin Layamon letter literary literature Lord Low Dutch meaning mind Mosogothic native nature noun observe old Saxon original Ormulum orthography participle person philology phonetic phrase plural poet poetry preposition present preterite pronoun pronunciation relics rendered represented rhyme Robert of Gloucester Roman Saxon seems sense sentence Shakspeare shew signifies sort sound speak speech spelling spelt Spenser stand substantive syllable symbol-verb symbolic words syntax termination thee thing thou tion traces translation verb vowel Welsh writing written þæt þat
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Pagina 157 - Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault.
Pagina 469 - Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and •cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it.
Pagina 354 - Women," long ago Sung by the morning star of song, who made His music heard below ; Dan Chaucer, the first warbler, whose sweet breath Preluded those melodious bursts that fill The spacious times of great Elizabeth With sounds that echo still.
Pagina 210 - The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
Pagina 182 - She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A Maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love: A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye ! Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky. She lived unknown, and few could know When Lucy ceased to be; But she is in her grave, and, oh, The difference to me!
Pagina 383 - Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note...
Pagina 414 - And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
Pagina 146 - Better to hunt in fields for health unbought Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise for cure on exercise depend ; God never made his work for man to mend.
Pagina 592 - Dumb yearnings, hidden appetites, are ours, And they must have their food. Our childhood sits, Our simple childhood, sits upon a throne That hath more power than all the elements. I guess not what this tells of Being past, Nor what it augurs of the life to come...
Pagina 372 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year ; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change his place...