On the study of words, 5 lectures |
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... observe that there it is not God who imposed the first names on the creatures , but Adam - Adam , however , at the direct suggestion of his Creator . He brought them all , we are told , to Adam , " to see what he would call them , and ...
... observe that there it is not God who imposed the first names on the creatures , but Adam - Adam , however , at the direct suggestion of his Creator . He brought them all , we are told , to Adam , " to see what he would call them , and ...
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... observe how much richer is every vocabulary in words that set forth sins , than in those that set forth graces . When St. Paul ( Gal . v . 19-23 ) would put these against those , " the works of the flesh " against " the fruit of the ...
... observe how much richer is every vocabulary in words that set forth sins , than in those that set forth graces . When St. Paul ( Gal . v . 19-23 ) would put these against those , " the works of the flesh " against " the fruit of the ...
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... observe by the way that we also once possessed the word ' assentation ' in the sense of unworthy flattering lip - assent ; the last example of it which Richardson gives is from Bishop Hall : " It is a fearful presage of ruin when the ...
... observe by the way that we also once possessed the word ' assentation ' in the sense of unworthy flattering lip - assent ; the last example of it which Richardson gives is from Bishop Hall : " It is a fearful presage of ruin when the ...
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... observe that in what has just been said lies the explanation of the term , the humanities , which , more in Scotland than here , is used to designate those studies which are considered the most specially adapted for training this the ...
... observe that in what has just been said lies the explanation of the term , the humanities , which , more in Scotland than here , is used to designate those studies which are considered the most specially adapted for training this the ...
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... observe how the first thing which men will do , when engaged in controversy with others , be it in the conflict of the tongue or the pen , or of weapons sharper yet , if sharper there be , will be to assume some honourable name to ...
... observe how the first thing which men will do , when engaged in controversy with others , be it in the conflict of the tongue or the pen , or of weapons sharper yet , if sharper there be , will be to assume some honourable name to ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
adjectives affirm altogether Anglo-Saxon become Ben Jonson Bible black guard bring called century changes Chaucer Cheaper Edition Chimæra Cicero COMPOSITE LANGUAGE curious derived Dictionary doubt Dryden earlier early employed England English language English words etymology example exist express fact familiar feel French French language Fuller Gabriel Harvey German grammatical Greek guage honour instance invented Italian Jeremy Taylor Jonson Latin language learned lecture less letters living Lord manner matter meaning merely Milton mind modern moral nation native never observe obsolete Octavo once originally ourselves passage period person Plautus poet possess præterites present pronunciation Quintilian RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH Roman Saxon seek sense Shakespeare shape signify sometimes sound speak speech spelling spelt Spenser spirit spoken suppose survives syllable things thought tion tongue trace translation true truth vast number verb vocables Wiclif writing written
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 176 - That it may please Thee to give and preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the earth, so as in due time we may enjoy them ; We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord.
Seite 57 - ... inkhorn terms, smelling too much of the Latin." It is curious to observe the " words of art," as he calls them, which Philemon Holland, a voluminous translator at the end of the sixteenth and beginning of the seventeenth century...
Seite 37 - By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. 16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Seite 8 - With Additions by Professors AGASSIZ, PIERCE, and GRAY; 12 Maps and Engravings on Steel, some Coloured, and copious Index.
Seite 53 - Then they that gladly received his word were baptized ; and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls ; and they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
Seite 42 - And who, in time, knows whither we may vent The treasure of our tongue, to what strange shores This gain of our best glory shall be sent, T' enrich unknowing nations with our stores?
Seite 58 - Poets that lasting marble seek Must carve in Latin or in Greek; We write in sand, our language grows, And, like the tide, our work o'erflows.
Seite 38 - The potent traditions of childhood are stereotyped in its verses. The power of all the griefs and trials of a man is hidden beneath its words. It is the representative of his best moments, and all that there has been about him of soft, and gentle, and pure, and penitent, and good, speaks to him for ever out of his English Bible. It is his sacred thing, which doubt has never dimmed, and controversy never soiled.
Seite 55 - If sounding Words are not of our growth and Manufacture, who shall hinder me to Import them from a Foreign Country? I carry not out the Treasure of the Nation, which is never to return: but what I bring from Italy, I spend in England : Here it remains, and here it circulates ; for if the Coyn be good, it will pass from one hand to another. I Trade both with the Living and the Dead, for the enrichment of our Native Language.
Seite 17 - And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.