Epea Pteroenta, Part 2Wm. Duane, 1807 - English language |
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... noun adjective : for Dr. Lowth tells us , pag . 41 , " Adjectives are very improperly called nouns , for they are not the " names of things . " 66 And Mr. Harris ( Hermes , book 1 , chap . 10. ) says .... " " Grammarians have been led ...
... noun adjective : for Dr. Lowth tells us , pag . 41 , " Adjectives are very improperly called nouns , for they are not the " names of things . " 66 And Mr. Harris ( Hermes , book 1 , chap . 10. ) says .... " " Grammarians have been led ...
Page 360
... noun adjective will be fixed " to consist in this ; that it imports this general " notion , of pertaining to . " Wallis , pag . 92. “ Adjectivum respectivum est “ nihil aliud quam ipsa vox substantiva , adjectivé posita . " ( 6 66 Pag ...
... noun adjective will be fixed " to consist in this ; that it imports this general " notion , of pertaining to . " Wallis , pag . 92. “ Adjectivum respectivum est “ nihil aliud quam ipsa vox substantiva , adjectivé posita . " ( 6 66 Pag ...
Page 364
... nouns or verbs in that language equally partake ( under the notion of declension or conjuga- tion ) are themselves separate words with distinct meanings which are therefore added to the dif ferent nouns or verbs , because those ...
... nouns or verbs in that language equally partake ( under the notion of declension or conjuga- tion ) are themselves separate words with distinct meanings which are therefore added to the dif ferent nouns or verbs , because those ...
Page 368
... noun of one only gender , or ( at " the most ) of two . And an adjective is a noun of " three genders , being always infinite . " And some grammarians have said that an adjective only connotes , and means nothing by itself . 66 " Nel ...
... noun of one only gender , or ( at " the most ) of two . And an adjective is a noun of " three genders , being always infinite . " And some grammarians have said that an adjective only connotes , and means nothing by itself . 66 " Nel ...
Page 369
... noun substantive . And so say I of ALL words whatever . For that is not a word which is not the name of a thing . Every word , being a sound significant , must be a sign ; and , if a sign , the name , of a thing . But a noun substantive ...
... noun substantive . And so say I of ALL words whatever . For that is not a word which is not the name of a thing . Every word , being a sound significant , must be a sign ; and , if a sign , the name , of a thing . But a noun substantive ...
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1st comm 4th comm abbreviations adjective adjectived Anglo-Saxon verb antient Antony and Cleopatra applied boke booke called chap characteristic letter Chaucer common Coriolanus corrupted derives Diues and Pauper doth Douglas earle of Surrey English verb etymologists etymology euery Fabian Fletcher formerly written Forsothe French Gower Greek hath haue herte heuen Hist Ihesu indicative mood instances Italian Johnson Junius knight kynge Lady language lord loue Lyfe Malone manner meaning Menage merely the past Minshew modern moneye neuer noun Nychodemus Gospell participial termination past participle past tense Perizonius Ploughman Poly-olbion Prince Arthur prol pronounced quæ quam quia quod regular past tense RIGHT sayd says shal signified Skinner song spannum Steevens subaud substantive suppose Tale tense and past term thare thee thing third person singular thou ticiple tion tyme unto verse Vossius Whan word
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Page 110 - And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
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