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A Grammar of the Tamil Language: With an Appendix (Classic Reprint) C. T. E. Rhenius No preview available - 2018 |
A Grammar of the Tamil Language, With an Appendix Charles Theophilus Ewald Rhenius No preview available - 2018 |
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3d person neuter accusative active verbs adjectives adverbs affixed become CALIFORNIA LIBRARY called changed common conjunction connexion consonant cruel dative defective verb denoting expressed feminine finite verb form the present formed by adding future tense genitive give inclose indefinite mode infinitive inserted instances interrogative intransitive verbs letters masculine mayest thou means middle particle negative form negative verb neut nominative Note nouns ending past tense Plur plural precedes present tense pronoun receive relative participle rendered Roots ending Sanscrit sentence Sing singular speak subjunctive syllable Tamil Tamil language Tamulian termination thee things thou wilt three tenses tive tree UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA verbal noun verbal participle vowel walk woman words ending அது அல்லது அவர் அவர்கள் அவள் அவன் ஆகிறது இது இருக்கிறது இல் இன் உம் என் கள் க்கிறு சாரியை நட நாம் நான் நீ நீங்கள் படி பின்பு மனிதர் மிகுந்த
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Page 269 - would not be adequate to the purpose of signature, if it had not the power to retain, as well as to receive the impression, the same holds of the soul, with respect to sense and imagination. Sense is its receptive power ; imagination, its retentive. Had it sense without imagination, it would not be as wax, but as water, where, though all impressions are instantly made, yet as soon as they are made, they are instantly lost.
Page 275 - And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
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Page 272 - O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet ? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
Page 274 - O that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughters of my people.
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Page 269 - As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
Page 272 - The sting of death is sin ; and the strength of sin is the Law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.