Yale Studies in English, Volumes 38-391909 |
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... sentence the main proposition is thought of as conditioned by the subordinate . Typically , the conditional sentence contains a hypothesis and a conclusion contingent upon the truth of that hypothesis ; the concessive sentence contains ...
... sentence the main proposition is thought of as conditioned by the subordinate . Typically , the conditional sentence contains a hypothesis and a conclusion contingent upon the truth of that hypothesis ; the concessive sentence contains ...
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... sentences . When a neg- ative assertion or command is expressed , with a reason tending to an opposite conclusion , it is some- times difficult to decide whether the minor clause is causal or concessive . Old English , like other ...
... sentences . When a neg- ative assertion or command is expressed , with a reason tending to an opposite conclusion , it is some- times difficult to decide whether the minor clause is causal or concessive . Old English , like other ...
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... sentence . All concessions , thus classified , fall into three groups : the simple , the dis- junctive , and the indefinite . The simple concession contains a fact or notion in spite of which the main proposition stands . The ...
... sentence . All concessions , thus classified , fall into three groups : the simple , the dis- junctive , and the indefinite . The simple concession contains a fact or notion in spite of which the main proposition stands . The ...
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... sentence ; and I shall add some comments upon idiomatic uses of the deah - clause . THE CONCESSIVE CLAUSE SEPARATELY 1. Deah . CONSIDERED . A. The Connectives of the Clause . The usual concessive conjunction is deah , which appears also ...
... sentence ; and I shall add some comments upon idiomatic uses of the deah - clause . THE CONCESSIVE CLAUSE SEPARATELY 1. Deah . CONSIDERED . A. The Connectives of the Clause . The usual concessive conjunction is deah , which appears also ...
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sentence . Deah is frequently employed as an adver- sative - ' yet , ' ' still , ' ' however ' - as are some of its cognates . It may be weakened to a mere conditional particle ; it may even , in certain collocations , have an ...
sentence . Deah is frequently employed as an adver- sative - ' yet , ' ' still , ' ' however ' - as are some of its cognates . It may be weakened to a mere conditional particle ; it may even , in certain collocations , have an ...
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adversative Ælfric's aungel Ben Jonson Chester plays childe chylde concessive clause construction coördinate Coventry cycle deah deah-clause dede dramatist eall example ffor full form fultum Garcius goddys gode gour H B Wh hath haue hayll hine iijus ijus pastor indefinite Joseph Latin liturgical drama lord Luke Maria Mary mercy Middle English Migne Modern English myght mystery plays neuer nevyr Old English omit H optative Orosius passage passim Patr peah Ph.D Polychronicon primus pastor pron prophecy Protev Pseudo-Matt sall sayde sentence seyd shal Shepherds shulde sone Tertius pastor thay thee ther therfore thou thow thyng Towneley translation Trowle Tunc verb Vulg wære wæron wold wyff wyll þæt þam þat þeah þis
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Page 237 - Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
Page 222 - Thus saith the Lord GOD ; This is Jerusalem : I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her.
Page 254 - Exsurgens autem Maria in diebus illis abiit in montana cum festinatione, in civitatem Juda.
Page 95 - Magnificat anima mea Dominum: Et exultavit spiritus meus in Deo salutari meo.
Page 284 - Out of my grief and my impatience, Answer'd neglectingly I know not what, He should, or he should not; for he made me mad, To see him shine so brisk and smell so sweet...
Page 253 - Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.
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Page 76 - Pes were exyled ffynyaly, So tweyn dethis must be 30W fowre to cherysche, But he that xal deye 36 must knawe, That in hym may ben non iniquyte", That helle may holde hym be no lawe, But that he may pas at hese lyberte.