The Philology of the English Tongueat the Clarendon Press, 1873 - 679 páginas |
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Ablaut accent adjectival adjective adverb Alfred Tennyson alphabet ancient Anglo-Saxon appears become bow-wow called Canterbury Tales century character Chaucer compound conjunction consonant Danish dialect difference diphthong distinction Dutch English language example expression fact Faery Queene familiar flat adverb flexion following quotation French words German Gothic Gothic languages grammatical Greek guage guttural habit Hebrew illustration infinitive inflections instances interjection King Latin Layamon letter literature Lord meaning mind modern Moso-Gothic native nature noun observe old Saxon original Ormulum orthography participle peculiar person philology phonetic phrase plural poet poetry preposition present preterite pronoun pronunciation qubo regard rendered represent rhyme rhythm Saxon seems sense sentence Shakspeare signifies singular sound speak specimen speech spelling spelt Spenser stand strong verbs substantive syllable symbolic verb symbolic words syntax termination thing thou tion traces utterance verbal vowel writing written þat
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Página 466 - Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and •cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it.
Página 158 - Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault.
Página 214 - The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
Página 168 - But timorous mortals start and shrink To cross this narrow sea, And linger shivering on the brink, And fear to launch away.
Página 413 - And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
Página 315 - A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Página 603 - IN Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree : Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. So twice five miles of fertile ground With walls and towers were girdled round : And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree ; And here were forests ancient as the hills, Enfolding sunny spots...
Página 140 - Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
Página 600 - Equity which they the said releasing and covenanting parties or any or either of them their or any or either of their heirs executors administrators or assigns or any other person or persons...
Página 147 - Are dwindled down to threescore years and ten. Better to hunt in fields for health unbought Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise for cure on exercise depend ; God never made his work for man to mend.