American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 6Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... verbs , by making them in certain situa- tions expressive of affirmation . From these two classes all the rest have sprung , and though it is desirable , and even neces- sary , for the grammarian to arrange , it should ever be carefully ...
... verbs , by making them in certain situa- tions expressive of affirmation . From these two classes all the rest have sprung , and though it is desirable , and even neces- sary , for the grammarian to arrange , it should ever be carefully ...
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... verbs . The essential quality of a VERB is , to express affirmation , when joined with the subject of the affirmation . Whenever a word expresses it , that word is a verb : if in any case it does not ex- press it , it ceases to be a verb ...
... verbs . The essential quality of a VERB is , to express affirmation , when joined with the subject of the affirmation . Whenever a word expresses it , that word is a verb : if in any case it does not ex- press it , it ceases to be a verb ...
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... satisfactory , and give great insight into the procedures of language . A few may be adduced as a specimen of his etymologies . Skill is the past participle of the Anglo - Saxon verb reylan , to divide , to make a difference GRAMMAR .
... satisfactory , and give great insight into the procedures of language . A few may be adduced as a specimen of his etymologies . Skill is the past participle of the Anglo - Saxon verb reylan , to divide , to make a difference GRAMMAR .
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... verb reylan , to divide , to make a difference , to discern , and it signifies that faculty by which things are ... verbs . For instance : truth , ( anciently written troweth , trowth , trouth , and troth , ) means , what one troweth , i ...
... verb reylan , to divide , to make a difference , to discern , and it signifies that faculty by which things are ... verbs . For instance : truth , ( anciently written troweth , trowth , trouth , and troth , ) means , what one troweth , i ...
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... verbs , and participles . They had , however , no scruple in using the plural form for two things , and in making their duals agree with plurals . The fact is , the distinction between one and more than one is more useful than any ...
... verbs , and participles . They had , however , no scruple in using the plural form for two things , and in making their duals agree with plurals . The fact is , the distinction between one and more than one is more useful than any ...
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