Dissertations Moral and Critical, Том 1Mess. Exshaw, Walker, Beatty, White, Byrne, Cash, and M'Kenzie, 1783 |
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... English e as heard in the words be , fhe , be . In And here I must take notice of a flight inac- curacy , which many Grammarians both Latin and English have fallen into .. The former tell us , and indeed with truth , that a and c are ...
... English e as heard in the words be , fhe , be . In And here I must take notice of a flight inac- curacy , which many Grammarians both Latin and English have fallen into .. The former tell us , and indeed with truth , that a and c are ...
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... English tongue , after deducting proper names , and the inflections of our verbs and nouns , I have rea- fon to think , that they do not exceed forty thousand . ПОБУН + Φιλοποίμενο We We must not , however , estimate the number of 328 ...
... English tongue , after deducting proper names , and the inflections of our verbs and nouns , I have rea- fon to think , that they do not exceed forty thousand . ПОБУН + Φιλοποίμενο We We must not , however , estimate the number of 328 ...
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... English , verumenimvero in Latin , and conciofiaco- fache in Italian , ( which by the by are made up of fhort words joined together ) yet it does not appear , that words are always improved by be- ing fhortened . On the contrary , our ...
... English , verumenimvero in Latin , and conciofiaco- fache in Italian , ( which by the by are made up of fhort words joined together ) yet it does not appear , that words are always improved by be- ing fhortened . On the contrary , our ...
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... English lines of monofyllables , though fome criticks . condemn them in poetry as diffonant , may flow as easily and fweetly as any other : as , I live in hope , that all will yet be well.- Arms and the man I fing , who forced by fate ...
... English lines of monofyllables , though fome criticks . condemn them in poetry as diffonant , may flow as easily and fweetly as any other : as , I live in hope , that all will yet be well.- Arms and the man I fing , who forced by fate ...
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... English , though there is much Latin , and some Greek , yet the Saxon predominates ; and its founds are moft acceptable to a British ear , because most familiar . And hence , with all its ease and apparent carelefness , the profe of Dry ...
... English , though there is much Latin , and some Greek , yet the Saxon predominates ; and its founds are moft acceptable to a British ear , because most familiar . And hence , with all its ease and apparent carelefness , the profe of Dry ...
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adjective adverbs Æneid affirmation affociated alfo alſo antient aorift appear beauty becauſe cafe called caufe Cicero confequently confidered defire denotes difcourfe diftinct diftinguished dreams effential elegant English expreffion exprefs fable faid fame fatire fecond fecondly feem feen fenfe fentence fentiments feveral fhall fhort fhould fign fignify fimple firft firſt fleep fome fomething fometimes fpeak fpecies fpeech fpoken ftill ftyle fubject fublime fuch fuppofed fyllables Grammarians Greek himſelf human ideas imagination itſelf laft language Latin learned leaſt lefs meaning meaſure Memory mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary noun obferved occafion paffage paffions paffive pafs paft participle paſt perfon philofophers pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poet poffible pofition prefent prepofitions preterite profe pronoun purpoſe racter reafon refpect rife ſpeak tafte tenfes thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought tion tive tongue trochees underſtand uſe verb verfe Virgil whofe words writing
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Стр. 334 - Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone ; The flowers appear on the earth ; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
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Стр. 271 - ... height upon such a range of rocks, as would have dashed her into ten thousand pieces had her body been made of adamant. It is much easier for my reader to imagine my state of mind upon such an occasion than for me to express it. I said to myself, It is not in the power of heaven to relieve me! when I awaked, equally transported and astonished, to see myself drawn out of an affliction which, the very moment before, appeared to me altogether inextricable.
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