English Grammar: The English Language in Its Elements and Forms. With a History of Its Origin and Development. Abridged from the Octavo Edition. Designed for General Use in Schools and FamiliesHarper & Brothers, 1858 - 381 pages |
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... speak hereafter . See § 124 . See English Grammar , § 1 . THE ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE . § 2. As to the origin of language , three opinions have been maintained : 1. That language was the pure gift of God , conveyed in vocal sounds to the ...
... speak hereafter . See § 124 . See English Grammar , § 1 . THE ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE . § 2. As to the origin of language , three opinions have been maintained : 1. That language was the pure gift of God , conveyed in vocal sounds to the ...
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... speak- ing still to the common heart of man like Homer , or to the conscience like Paul . IMPERFECTION OF LANGUAGE . § 8. While language has power to express the fine emotions and the subtile thoughts of the human mind with wonderful ...
... speak- ing still to the common heart of man like Homer , or to the conscience like Paul . IMPERFECTION OF LANGUAGE . § 8. While language has power to express the fine emotions and the subtile thoughts of the human mind with wonderful ...
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... speaking the same language is greatest in the civilized divisions , thus indicating a tendency in civilization toward a unity of language . This tendency is strongly manifested in the most civilized nations of Europe , namely , the ...
... speaking the same language is greatest in the civilized divisions , thus indicating a tendency in civilization toward a unity of language . This tendency is strongly manifested in the most civilized nations of Europe , namely , the ...
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... speak a language strongly resembling the Anglo - Saxon . Probably but a few of their tribe came to England with the other tribes , while so many of the Angles came as to leave their country unpeopled . INTRODUCTION OF THE DANISH ELEMENT ...
... speak a language strongly resembling the Anglo - Saxon . Probably but a few of their tribe came to England with the other tribes , while so many of the Angles came as to leave their country unpeopled . INTRODUCTION OF THE DANISH ELEMENT ...
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... speak those languages , both in Europe and America . What it has in common with those border languages , gives it power to replace what is peculiar to them , and thus to identify them with itself . Even now , the British empire ...
... speak those languages , both in Europe and America . What it has in common with those border languages , gives it power to replace what is peculiar to them , and thus to identify them with itself . Even now , the British empire ...
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accent adjective adverb ancient Anglo-Saxon antepenult Auxiliary verb C. S. Note called classes combination common Compose a sentence conjugation conjunction consonant consonantal elements dative denotes derived Diphthong elementary sound English Alphabet English Grammar English language equivalent to long etymology examples EXERCISES UNDER RULE express feminine French Future Perfect Tense gender genitive German Give Grammatical Greek guage Hebrew Hebrew Alphabet IMPERATIVE MODE Improper Diphthong INDICATIVE MODE inflection interjections interrogative intransitive Italian Latin letters equivalent long sound loved masculine meaning nominative nouns object origin orthoepy orthography participle Past Perfect Past Tense PERSONAL PRONOUNS phonetic element plural form plural number preceding predicate prefix preposition Present Perfect Tense Present Tense preterit pronunciation relation represented Roman root Saxon short sound singular number sometimes sonant spoken language subjunctive substantive suffix surd syllable taken term Teutonic thing tion transitive verb voice vowel vowel sounds written language
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