Essay on Language: As Connected with the Faculties of the Mind, and as Applied to Things in Nature and Art ...C. Wiley, 1825 - 203 ページ |
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according action adjective pronouns adverbs ancient appear applied attendant circumstance auxiliary auxiliary verbs called character circumstances class of words common noun conjunctions conjunctive mood connexion degree denoted depends distinct earth employed English language exist explain expression extended farther forsothe French gender governs grammar grammarians Greek guage Hebrew Hebrew language hieroglyphic human idea imperative mood implied important indicative mood infinitive mood infinitive verb kind Latin Latin language learning letters light loved meaning mental mind mood Murray's nations nature necessarily neuter verbs original participle passive verbs past tense philosophic phrase plural practice preposition present tense qualities racter reference relation relative relative pronouns rule Saxon schal scholar sensible objects sentence signifies simple sounds specifying adjective structure of speech subjunctive mood Syria thing third person singular thou tion tive tongues transitive verb ture understood whole writers written language
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