A System of English GrammarOliver & Boyd, 1845 - 168 pages |
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... sense , knowledge reduced to a system ; and the word language , in that which both derivation and general use as- sign to it , articulate speech . 3. The term language is indeed sometimes used in a wider sense , and defined as any means ...
... sense , knowledge reduced to a system ; and the word language , in that which both derivation and general use as- sign to it , articulate speech . 3. The term language is indeed sometimes used in a wider sense , and defined as any means ...
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... sense , not less than the way in which they are arranged . These varieties may be traced partly to the intellectual peculiarities by which na- tions are distinguished from each other ; but , in the pres- ent state of our knowledge ...
... sense , not less than the way in which they are arranged . These varieties may be traced partly to the intellectual peculiarities by which na- tions are distinguished from each other ; but , in the pres- ent state of our knowledge ...
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... senses has the word language been used ? What is the subject - matter of grammar ? With what object is it studied ... sense , slave , arrive , stone , shame . 4. Compound the following words : -Full and fill ; skill and full ; mercy ...
... senses has the word language been used ? What is the subject - matter of grammar ? With what object is it studied ... sense , slave , arrive , stone , shame . 4. Compound the following words : -Full and fill ; skill and full ; mercy ...
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... senses has the word language been used ? What is the subject - matter of grammar ? With what object is it studied ... sense , slave , arrive , stone , shame . 4. Compound the following words : -Full and fill ; skill and full ; mercy ...
... senses has the word language been used ? What is the subject - matter of grammar ? With what object is it studied ... sense , slave , arrive , stone , shame . 4. Compound the following words : -Full and fill ; skill and full ; mercy ...
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... senses . Sometimes it is restricted to the tracing of words from one language to another ; but , technically , it is used in a wider sense , and treats of the various classes into which words are arranged , of the changes they undergo ...
... senses . Sometimes it is restricted to the tracing of words from one language to another ; but , technically , it is used in a wider sense , and treats of the various classes into which words are arranged , of the changes they undergo ...
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