The English Language in Its Elements and Forms: With a History of Its Origin and Development : Designed for Use in Colleges and SchoolsHarper & Brothers, 1850 - 659 pages |
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... single object is transi- tively applied to other objects . A language thus grows by grafts from without and by germs ... simple feelings ; as in the age of Shakspeare , when the " imagination bodied forth the form of things unknown ...
... single object is transi- tively applied to other objects . A language thus grows by grafts from without and by germs ... simple feelings ; as in the age of Shakspeare , when the " imagination bodied forth the form of things unknown ...
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... single gender , and to a single declension ; as , Endas , Ends ; Dagas ... one . SmiĆ° , a Smith ; Smide , to a Smith ; SmiĆ°es , of a Smith . Plural , SmiĆ°as ... Simple Declension for words ending in a vowel ( as Eage , Steorra , Tunga ) ...
... single gender , and to a single declension ; as , Endas , Ends ; Dagas ... one . SmiĆ° , a Smith ; Smide , to a Smith ; SmiĆ°es , of a Smith . Plural , SmiĆ°as ... Simple Declension for words ending in a vowel ( as Eage , Steorra , Tunga ) ...
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... simple single elementary sound , and as such should be expressed by a simple single elementary letter . Instead of this , it is ex- pressed by two letters , or by a combination , so that , although a simple sound to the ear , it has the ...
... simple single elementary sound , and as such should be expressed by a simple single elementary letter . Instead of this , it is ex- pressed by two letters , or by a combination , so that , although a simple sound to the ear , it has the ...
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... single , simple , and elementary . The sound of z in azure and the s in pleasure are identical . This sound is related to sh in shine , as th in there is related to th in thin . 10. From the Twenty - first to the Thirty - fourth ...
... single , simple , and elementary . The sound of z in azure and the s in pleasure are identical . This sound is related to sh in shine , as th in there is related to th in thin . 10. From the Twenty - first to the Thirty - fourth ...
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... simple single element- ary sound ; and also of its being the sound of the i in pit , lengthened in the pronunciation ... one of the elements is sounded . When two Vowel letters are thus brought together in a writ ten word , and the ...
... simple single element- ary sound ; and also of its being the sound of the i in pit , lengthened in the pronunciation ... one of the elements is sounded . When two Vowel letters are thus brought together in a writ ten word , and the ...
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accent adjective adverb alphabet ancient Anglo Anglo-Saxon Article breath called Celtic Celts Classical combination compound CONSONANT SOUNDS contradistinction Danish Dative declension denotes derived dialect Diphthong Dutch ejection element elementary sound England English language etymological express father Feminine French Frisian gender Genitive German glish Gothic language Grammar Greek guage human voice inflection Italian king Latin language Latin word Lithuanic loved Masculine Maso-Gothic meaning Middle English mode modern mute natural Norman Conquest Norse nouns Old English origin Orthoepy Orthography Participle Past Tense person plural number Preposition Preterite pronounced pronunciation race represents Roman Sanscrit Saxon Scandinavian Semi-Saxon Shemitic simple single Singular SmiĆ°um sometimes sonant sound of sh speech spelling Subjunctive Substantive surd syllable taken termination Teutonic th in thin thee thine things thou tion tive tongue verbs vocal voice vowel Vowel sounds Wegferende whence