Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres. To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author, Zväzok 1J. Cranwell, 1817 |
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Strana 160
... prepositions , and con- junctions , must necessarily be found in all lan- guages . The most simple and comprehensive division of the parts of speech is , into substantives , attributives , and connectives . * Substantives are all the ...
... prepositions , and con- junctions , must necessarily be found in all lan- guages . The most simple and comprehensive division of the parts of speech is , into substantives , attributives , and connectives . * Substantives are all the ...
Strana 174
... prepositions was the most ancient usage in lan- guage ? And next , Which of them has the best effect ? Both methods , it is plain , are the same as to the sense , and differ only in form . For the significancy of the Roman Language ...
... prepositions was the most ancient usage in lan- guage ? And next , Which of them has the best effect ? Both methods , it is plain , are the same as to the sense , and differ only in form . For the significancy of the Roman Language ...
Strana 176
... prepositions . Prepositions being once introduced , they were found to be capable of supplying the place of cases , by being prefixed to the nominative of the noun . Hence it came to pass , that , as na- tions were intermixed by ...
... prepositions . Prepositions being once introduced , they were found to be capable of supplying the place of cases , by being prefixed to the nominative of the noun . Hence it came to pass , that , as na- tions were intermixed by ...
Strana 177
... prepositions for expressing the relations of things , we have filled language with a multitude of those little words which are eternally occurring in every sentence , and may be thought thereby to have encumbered speech , by an addition ...
... prepositions for expressing the relations of things , we have filled language with a multitude of those little words which are eternally occurring in every sentence , and may be thought thereby to have encumbered speech , by an addition ...
Strana 191
... prepositions , prefixed to the noun , superseded the use of cases ; so the two great auxiliary verbs , to have , and to be , with those other auxiliaries , which we use in English , do , shall , will , may , and can , prefixed to the ...
... prepositions , prefixed to the noun , superseded the use of cases ; so the two great auxiliary verbs , to have , and to be , with those other auxiliaries , which we use in English , do , shall , will , may , and can , prefixed to the ...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres. To which is Prefixed a ..., Zväzok 1 Hugh Blair Úplné zobrazenie - 1817 |
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