English Grammar: The English Language in Its Elements and Forms ; with a History of Its Origin and Development : Designed for Use in Colleges and SchoolsHarper, 1873 - 796 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 57
Page 4
... single brief and pithy question . This modest little book can hardly fail to meet a hearty welcome from the many enthusiastic students of the English language . From A. J. CURTIS , Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature in the ...
... single brief and pithy question . This modest little book can hardly fail to meet a hearty welcome from the many enthusiastic students of the English language . From A. J. CURTIS , Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature in the ...
Page viii
... single paragraphs from books to be criticised . Generous rep resentative portions of the representative works of the great representative English authors were to be thor oughly discussed , and the application of the philologi- cal laws ...
... single paragraphs from books to be criticised . Generous rep resentative portions of the representative works of the great representative English authors were to be thor oughly discussed , and the application of the philologi- cal laws ...
Page 37
... single object is transitively applied to other objects . A language thus grows by grafts from without and by germs from within . This law of growth in the English language is more strikingly seen in some epochs than in others ; as , for ...
... single object is transitively applied to other objects . A language thus grows by grafts from without and by germs from within . This law of growth in the English language is more strikingly seen in some epochs than in others ; as , for ...
Page 40
... single instance , however , furnishes but a faint illustra- tion of what would be the wretched condition of the human fam- ily if they were all so many mutes . Mutum et turpe pecus would they be . Being mute , they would , of course ...
... single instance , however , furnishes but a faint illustra- tion of what would be the wretched condition of the human fam- ily if they were all so many mutes . Mutum et turpe pecus would they be . Being mute , they would , of course ...
Page 73
... single time ; verb fre- quentative , dvigivat , to move repeatedly ; verb perfect , sdvigat , to move completely . See Historical View of the Languages of Slavic Nations , by TALVI , p . 17 , 18 . THE LITHUANIAN FAMILY . § 57. This ...
... single time ; verb fre- quentative , dvigivat , to move repeatedly ; verb perfect , sdvigat , to move completely . See Historical View of the Languages of Slavic Nations , by TALVI , p . 17 , 18 . THE LITHUANIAN FAMILY . § 57. This ...
Contents
375 | |
381 | |
387 | |
400 | |
406 | |
408 | |
442 | |
449 | |
75 | |
77 | |
87 | |
93 | |
109 | |
122 | |
124 | |
130 | |
137 | |
143 | |
156 | |
163 | |
166 | |
169 | |
175 | |
182 | |
183 | |
189 | |
199 | |
214 | |
230 | |
237 | |
243 | |
247 | |
265 | |
274 | |
287 | |
296 | |
302 | |
304 | |
310 | |
324 | |
333 | |
339 | |
358 | |
369 | |
456 | |
467 | |
475 | |
481 | |
487 | |
493 | |
517 | |
525 | |
535 | |
541 | |
556 | |
557 | |
577 | |
603 | |
609 | |
614 | |
622 | |
625 | |
629 | |
636 | |
657 | |
660 | |
670 | |
677 | |
692 | |
716 | |
722 | |
729 | |
735 | |
736 | |
743 | |
749 | |
753 | |
771 | |
787 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
accent adjective adverb ancient Anglo-Norman Anglo-Saxon breath C. S. Note called Celtic Celts classification combination common compound conjunction CONSONANT SOUNDS consonantal elements consonantal sounds copula Danish dative denotes dialect Diphthong elementary sound England English language equivalent etymological euphony express French gender genitive German Give glish Gothic Gothic language grammar Greek Greek language guage inflection Italian king Latin language Latin words letters logical loved meaning mind mode Norman noun object origin orthoepy participle person Philippe de Thaun phonetic elements plural predicate prefix preposition present preterit pronoun pronunciation proposition QUESTIONS UNDER CHAPTER race relation represented Roman roots Sanscrit Saxon sentence Shemitic singular sometimes sonant SPECIMEN speech spoken language stock of languages substantive suffix surd syllable taken term termination Teutonic th in thin thing thou tion tive tongue transitive verb verb vocal voice vowel vowel sounds whence writing καὶ
Popular passages
Page 546 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village- Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Page 640 - 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 100 - Osiris, took the virgin truth, hewed her lovely form into a thousand pieces, and scattered them to the four winds. From that time ever since, the sad friends of truth, such as durst appear, imitating the careful search that Isis made for the mangled body of Osiris, went up and down, gathering up limb by limb still as they could find them.
Page 603 - FATHER of all ! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord ! Thou great first Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind ; Yet gave me, in this dark estate, To see the good from ill ; And binding nature fast in fate, Left free the human will.
Page 510 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Page 737 - TRIUMPHAL arch, that fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part, I ask not proud Philosophy To teach me what thou art — Still seem, as to my childhood's sight, A midway station given For happy spirits to alight Betwixt the earth and heaven. Can all that Optics...
Page 160 - And there lay the rider distorted and pale, "With the dew on his brow, and the rust on his mail ; And the tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown.
Page 682 - And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud; for he is a god: either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or, peradventure, he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Page 160 - Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen: Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed...
Page 648 - 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.