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... speech , and variously combined . Man , like every other animal , has a natural lan- guage intelligible to all of his own species . This language , however , is extremely defective , being confined entirely to the general expression of ...
... speech , and variously combined . Man , like every other animal , has a natural lan- guage intelligible to all of his own species . This language , however , is extremely defective , being confined entirely to the general expression of ...
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... speech . him with the necessary organs , and with ingenuity to render them subservient to his purposes . And , though at first his vocabulary was doubtless scanty , as his wants were simple , and his exigencies few , his language and ...
... speech . him with the necessary organs , and with ingenuity to render them subservient to his purposes . And , though at first his vocabulary was doubtless scanty , as his wants were simple , and his exigencies few , his language and ...
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... speech , so that the vowel sound is lost by articulation , as in pronouncing the syllable or . It is to be observed also , that a vowel may be articulated , not only by being terminated by a consonant , as in the example now given , but ...
... speech , so that the vowel sound is lost by articulation , as in pronouncing the syllable or . It is to be observed also , that a vowel may be articulated , not only by being terminated by a consonant , as in the example now given , but ...
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... Speech . A WORD , in oral language , is either a signifi- cant simple sound , or a significant combination of sounds . In written language , it may be defined to be a simple character , or combination of char- acters , expressive of ...
... Speech . A WORD , in oral language , is either a signifi- cant simple sound , or a significant combination of sounds . In written language , it may be defined to be a simple character , or combination of char- acters , expressive of ...
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... speech , which are essentially * Plato and Aristotle , when they treat of propositions , con- sidered the noun and the verb , as the only essential parts of speech ; these , without the aid of any other word , being capable of form- ing ...
... speech , which are essentially * Plato and Aristotle , when they treat of propositions , con- sidered the noun and the verb , as the only essential parts of speech ; these , without the aid of any other word , being capable of form- ing ...
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action active verb Adjective admit adverb affirmation ambiguity analogy antecedent appears article Grammar assertion attribute Auxiliary Verb called character clause conceive conjunction considered consonant construed deemed definite article denotes distinction ellipsis employed English English language equivalent error examples expression former frequently genitive grammar grammarians Greek guage Hence idea imperfect Impersonal Verbs implies improperly impropriety indefinite INDICATIVE MOOD inflexion joined king language Latin latter Lowth meaning mode Mood neuter nominative Note noun object observed obsolete opinion Participle passive passive voice perfect person perspicuity phraseology Plur plural preceding predicate preposition Present Tense Preterite Priestley pronoun properly reader reason refers regimen relative relative clause respect rule Saxon Saxon genitive sense sentence signifies singular solecism sound speaking species speech Subjunctive Mood substantive Swift synonimous term termination thing thou tion tive Transitive Verb truth usage voice vowel word write
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Page 160 - Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices, to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive...
Page 315 - In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Page 365 - LORD, our heavenly ,Father, Almighty > and everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day ; De(fend us in the same with thy mighty power ; and grant » that this day we fall into no ,sin, neither run into ,any kind of danger ; but » that all our doings may be ordered by ,thy governance, to do always » that > is ,righteous in thy sight ; through Jesus ,Christ > our Lord.
Page 357 - To where Fleet-ditch with disemboguing streams Rolls the large tribute of dead dogs to Thames, The king of dykes ! than whom no sluice of mud With deeper sable blots the silver flood.
Page 394 - We are apt to rely upon future prospects, and become really expensive while we are only rich in possibility: We live up to our expectations, not to our possessions, and make a figure proportionable to what we may be, not what we are. We outrun our present income, as not doubting to disburse * ourselves out of the profits of some future place, project, or reversion that we have in view.
Page 322 - All expressions which, according to the established rules of language, either have no meaning, or involve a contradiction, or, according to the fair construction of the words, convey a meaning different from the intention of the speaker, should be dismissed.
Page 246 - They are not the men in the nation, the most difficult to be replaced.' The definite article is likewise used to distinguish between things, which are individually different, but have one generic name, and things, which are in truth, one and the same, but are characterized by several qualities. If we say, ' The ecclesiastical and secular powers concurred in this measure,' the expression is ambiguous, as far as language can render it such.
Page 336 - But what I have most at Heart is, that some Method should be thought on for ascertaining and fixing our Language for ever, after such Alterations are made in it as shall be thought requisite. For I am of Opinion...
Page 138 - In the first person simply shall foretells ; In will a. threat, or else a promise dwells. Shall, in the second and the third, does threat ; Will simply, then, foretells the future feat.
Page 207 - A Preposition is a part of speech, devoid itself of signification; but so formed as to unite two words that are significant, and that refuse to coalesce or unite of themselves.