 | John Horne Tooke - 1807 - 506 Seiten
...proceeds (in page 10) to inform us, that " The Mohegans have no adjectives in all their " language. Although it may at first seem not " only singular...without adjectives, yet it is " an indubitable fact." PART II. 3 E EHEA HTEPOENTA, &c. CHAP. VII. OF PARTICIPLES. F. LET us proceed, if you please, to the... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1827 - 414 Seiten
...Anglo-Americans the Mokegans.) "The Mohegans," (says Dr. Edwards,) "have no ad" jectives in all their language. Although it may at first seem " not only singular...exist without adjectives, yet it is an indubitable " fact."J * Grammatica Lingua Jlnglicants, Cap. v., De Adjectivis, fVol. II. p. 458. t The high reputation... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 524 Seiten
...Anglo-Americans the Mohegans.) " The Mohegans," says Dr. Edwards, " have no adjectives in all their language. Although it may at first seem not only singular and...without adjectives, yet it is an indubitable fact." * * The high reputation which Dr. Edwards justly enjoys as an acute metaphysician, and the opportunities... | |
 | John Horne Tooke - 1829 - 628 Seiten
...he proceeds (in page 10) to inform us, that " The Mohegans have no Adjectives in all their language. Although it may at first seem not only singular and...without Adjectives, yet it is an indubitable fact." EHEA nTEPOENTA, CHAPTER VII. OF PARTICIPLES. F. JjET us proceed, if you please, to the PARTICIPLE :... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1831 - 544 Seiten
...adnouns, do not exist. "The Mohegans (says an American writer) have no adjectives in all their language.* Although it may at first seem not only singular and...without adjectives, yet it is an indubitable fact." •Dr. Jonathan Edwards' Remark* on the Muhhekaneew or Mohngan Indians, originally published by the... | |
 | Benjamin Humphrey Smart - 1831 - 264 Seiten
...from the other, and these words are no longer nouns-substantive no adjectives in all their language. Although it may at first seem not only singular and...exist without adjectives, yet it is an indubitable fact."—Dr. Jonathan Edwards —quoted by H. Tooke, Diversions of Purley, Vol. II. p. 463. but nouns-adjective... | |
 | 1837 - 682 Seiten
...as wnissoo, ' he is beautiful ;' mtitsoo, ' he is homely ;' pehtunquittoo, 'he is tall;' ntconmoo, 'he is malicious,' &c. Thus, in Latin, many qualities...should be inquired, how it appears that the words above-mentioned are not adjectives; I answer, it appears as they have all the same variations and declensions... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1837 - 510 Seiten
...do not exist. " The Mohegans, (says an American writer,) have no adjectives in all their language. Although it may at first seem not only singular and...without adjectives, yet it is an indubitable fact."* This fact, strange as it may seem at first, is undoubtedly consistent with what we notice in many of... | |
 | John Horne Tooke - 1840 - 808 Seiten
...he proceeds (in page 10) to inform us, that " The Mohegans have no Adjectives in all their language. Although it may at first seem not only singular and...but impossible, that a language should exist without Adjective*, yet it is an indubitable fact." CHAPTER VII. OF PARTICIPLES. Nomine, partem a Verbo." —... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1841 - 512 Seiten
...do not exist. " The Mohegans," says an American writer, " have no adjectives in all their language. Although it may at first seem not only singular and...without adjectives, yet it is an indubitable fact."* This fact, strange as it may seem at first, is undoubtedly consistent with what we notice in many of... | |
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Although it may at first seem not only singular and curious, but impossible, that a language should exist without adjectives ; yet it is an indubitable fact. 
