An analytical dictionary of the English language, Tom 11830 |
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Strona viii
... preceding alphabet , is said to have the power of k ; but Ben Jonson , who lived two hun- dred years ago , says that " the English Saxons gave this letter the weaker force of chi , or the Italian c , as in capel , canc , cild , cyrce ...
... preceding alphabet , is said to have the power of k ; but Ben Jonson , who lived two hun- dred years ago , says that " the English Saxons gave this letter the weaker force of chi , or the Italian c , as in capel , canc , cild , cyrce ...
Strona ix
... preceding e or i . But this is endeavouring partially to accommodate the Saxon sounds to the English pronunciation of the present day , without regard to the other sister dialects , or even to the differences among the Saxons themselves ...
... preceding e or i . But this is endeavouring partially to accommodate the Saxon sounds to the English pronunciation of the present day , without regard to the other sister dialects , or even to the differences among the Saxons themselves ...
Strona xiv
... preceding vowel is always understood to have the short sound , as heard in fat , net , pin , hop , and pun . If the consonant in the accented syllable stands singly between two vowels , the preceding one has its lengthened sound , as in ...
... preceding vowel is always understood to have the short sound , as heard in fat , net , pin , hop , and pun . If the consonant in the accented syllable stands singly between two vowels , the preceding one has its lengthened sound , as in ...
Strona xv
... preceding examples are participles , and that class of words , unfortunately for young writers , is not to be found in the Dictionaries . The rule for the duplication , or non - duplication , of the consonant before ing , ed , and other ...
... preceding examples are participles , and that class of words , unfortunately for young writers , is not to be found in the Dictionaries . The rule for the duplication , or non - duplication , of the consonant before ing , ed , and other ...
Strona xvi
... preceding pressure upon its sound as to have an effect similar to the consonants , some of which they will be found very much to resemble . H is a more forcible emission of the breath from the larynx than what is required for a simple ...
... preceding pressure upon its sound as to have an effect similar to the consonants , some of which they will be found very much to resemble . H is a more forcible emission of the breath from the larynx than what is required for a simple ...
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Strona xcix - And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free...
Strona lxxiii - But by the grace of God I am what I am : and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain ; but I laboured more abundantly than they all : yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. 11 Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.
Strona lxxvi - It were better for, him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
Strona lxxvi - Alas! what boots it with uncessant care To tend the homely, slighted shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse? Were it not better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair?
Strona lxx - If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? Or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him? If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? Or what receiveth he of thine hand? Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; And thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
Strona lxvii - Muse must flatter lawless sway, And follow still where fortune leads the way ; Or if no basis bear my rising name, But the fallen ruins of another's fame ; Then teach me, Heaven ! to scorn the guilty bays. Drive from my breast that wretched lust of praise . Unblemish'd let me live or die unknown : Oh, grant an honest fame, or grant me none !
Strona lxii - Rapt into future times, the bard begun; ' A Virgin shall conceive, a Virgin bear a son ! From Jesse's root behold a branch arise, Whose sacred flower with fragrance fills the skies ; The ethereal Spirit o'er its leaves shall move, And on its top descends the mystic dove.
Strona clxiii - I soon got into the secret of getting a memorial before the board, but I could not get an answer then ; however, I got intelligence from the messenger, that I should most likely get one the next morning.
Strona civ - It's hardly in a body's pow'r, To keep, at times, frae being sour, To see how things are shar'd ; How best o...
Strona lxiv - If they act well, they know, that in such a parliament, they will [shall] be supported against any intrigue; if they act ill, they know that no intrigue can protect them." Burke. " If I draw a catgut, or any other cord, to a great length between my fingers, I will [shall] make it smaller than it was before.