Lectures on the Science of Language: Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in ... 1861 [and 1863], Volume 2C. Scribner, 1869 |
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... English Literature and the English Language · · DE VERE'S Studies in English COLLIER'S Rarest Books in the English Language 4 Vols . 12.00 CLARK'S Elements of the English Language · DWIGHT'S Modern Philology DAY'S Introduction to English ...
... English Literature and the English Language · · DE VERE'S Studies in English COLLIER'S Rarest Books in the English Language 4 Vols . 12.00 CLARK'S Elements of the English Language · DWIGHT'S Modern Philology DAY'S Introduction to English ...
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... English . If we say " a loving child , " loving is a verbal adjective . If we say " loving our neighbor is our highest duty , " loving is a verbal substantive . Again , there are many substantives in ing , such as building , wedding ...
... English . If we say " a loving child , " loving is a verbal adjective . If we say " loving our neighbor is our highest duty , " loving is a verbal substantive . Again , there are many substantives in ing , such as building , wedding ...
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... English Language , i . p . 223 ; Kemble , Saxons in England , i . p . 59 , and Appendix , p . 449 . Grimm , Deutsche Heldensage , p . 14 . Harlings , in A. S. Herelingas ( Trav . Song , i . 224 ) ; Harlunge ( W. Grimm , Deut ...
... English Language , i . p . 223 ; Kemble , Saxons in England , i . p . 59 , and Appendix , p . 449 . Grimm , Deutsche Heldensage , p . 14 . Harlings , in A. S. Herelingas ( Trav . Song , i . 224 ) ; Harlunge ( W. Grimm , Deut ...
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... English of substantives derived from verbs by means of ung . Although , as I said , it might seem more plausible to look on the modern participle in English as originally an adjective in ing , such popular phrases as a - going , a ...
... English of substantives derived from verbs by means of ung . Although , as I said , it might seem more plausible to look on the modern participle in English as originally an adjective in ing , such popular phrases as a - going , a ...
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... to limit the present course of lectures chiefly to Greek and Latin , with its Romance off- shoots ; English , with its Continental kith and kin ; and the much - abused , though indispensable , San- 50 DIVISION OF LECTURES .
... to limit the present course of lectures chiefly to Greek and Latin , with its Romance off- shoots ; English , with its Continental kith and kin ; and the much - abused , though indispensable , San- 50 DIVISION OF LECTURES .
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