The English Language, Volumen2Walton and Maberly, 1855 |
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... respect to accentual recurrences 487 579. Convertible metres 489 580. Metrical and grammatical combinations 490 581. Rhythm 491 582. Contrast between verbal and metrical formulæ 491 CHAPTER VIII . ENGLISH IMITATIONS OF THE CLASSICAL ...
... respect to accentual recurrences 487 579. Convertible metres 489 580. Metrical and grammatical combinations 490 581. Rhythm 491 582. Contrast between verbal and metrical formulæ 491 CHAPTER VIII . ENGLISH IMITATIONS OF THE CLASSICAL ...
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... respect to their spelling , but with tsh in respect to their sound , and compare them with the Angle ( or Anglo - Saxon ) , we shall find that the eye , at least , detects a difference . Thus , the words which are In English are In ...
... respect to their spelling , but with tsh in respect to their sound , and compare them with the Angle ( or Anglo - Saxon ) , we shall find that the eye , at least , detects a difference . Thus , the words which are In English are In ...
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... respect to the accentuation of the word . To say orator instead of orător is to err in respect to the quantity of the word . To pronounce the a in father , as it is pronounced in Yorkshire , or the s in sound , as it is pronounced in ...
... respect to the accentuation of the word . To say orator instead of orător is to err in respect to the quantity of the word . To pronounce the a in father , as it is pronounced in Yorkshire , or the s in sound , as it is pronounced in ...
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... respect to a full and perfect alphabet . Let there be in a certain language , simple single articulate sounds , to the number of forty , whilst the simple single signs , or letters , ex- pressive of them , amount to no more than thirty ...
... respect to a full and perfect alphabet . Let there be in a certain language , simple single articulate sounds , to the number of forty , whilst the simple single signs , or letters , ex- pressive of them , amount to no more than thirty ...
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... respect to the diphthongs it is incorrect , uncommon , and inconvenient to represent them by simple single signs , rather than by combinations . In the English language the sounds of ou , ew , and oi , are properly spelt with two ...
... respect to the diphthongs it is incorrect , uncommon , and inconvenient to represent them by simple single signs , rather than by combinations . In the English language the sounds of ou , ew , and oi , are properly spelt with two ...
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Términos y frases comunes
accent accusative addition adjectival adjective adverbs Anglo-Saxon Anglo-Saxon form become called change of form CHAPTER combination comparative compound word conjugation consonant Danish dative declension Derivation by means Deutsche Grammatik diminutive diphthongal ee in feet ejection English language equivalent Etruscan Etruscan alphabet etymology expression fact feminine French gender genitive German Gothic Gothic languages grammar Greek alphabet Greek language Hebrew Hence idea inflection irregular Latin language letter masculine Middle High-German Moso-Gothic mute natural neuter nominative noun obsolete Old Frisian Old High-German Old Norse Old Saxon original word orthöepy orthographic expedient orthography participle Phoenician Plur plural forms plural number præterite preceded prepositions present English pronounced pronunciation question respect Roman root sense sibilant simple single Sing singular number sound speak spelling spelt substantive syllable syntax tense termination tive true Tsadi verb vowel wherein whilst word father words ending
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Página 474 - In the Spring a fuller crimson comes upon the robin's breast ; In the Spring the wanton lapwing gets himself another crest ; In the Spring a livelier iris changes on the burnish'd dove; In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.
Página 469 - And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal ; And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord...
Página 470 - Gul in her bloom; Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit, And the voice of the nightingale never is mute; Where the tints of the earth, and the hues of the sky, In...
Página 469 - KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime ? Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime...
Página 469 - 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.
Página 463 - Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; It becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy seasons justice.
Página 469 - But through it there roll'd not the breath of his pride; And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as the spray of the rock-beating surf. 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.
Página 484 - The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
Página 479 - Soft shall be his pillow. There, through the summer day, Cool streams are laving ; There, while the tempests sway, Scarce are boughs waving ; There, thy rest shalt thou take, Parted for ever, Never again to wake, Never, O never.
Página 474 - Pleiads, rising thro' the mellow shade, Glitter like a swarm of fire-flies tangled in a silver braid. Here about the beach I wander'd, nourishing a youth sublime With the fairy tales of science, and the long result of Time ; When the centuries behind me like a fruitful land reposed ; When I clung to all the present for the promise that it closed : When I dipt into the future far as human eye could see; Saw the Vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be.