English: past and present, 5 lectures |
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2 페이지
... possible - and much . may be done in this way by laborious and diligent and judicious research - in which such words as have become obsolete should be followed down to their final extinction , in which all the most remark- able words ...
... possible - and much . may be done in this way by laborious and diligent and judicious research - in which such words as have become obsolete should be followed down to their final extinction , in which all the most remark- able words ...
2 페이지
... possible - and much may be done in this way by laborious and diligent and judicious research - in which such words as have become obsolete should be followed down to their final extinction , in which all the most remark- able words ...
... possible - and much may be done in this way by laborious and diligent and judicious research - in which such words as have become obsolete should be followed down to their final extinction , in which all the most remark- able words ...
10 페이지
... possible to interrogate a series of eight persons , such as together had filled up this time , intelligent men , but men whose attention had not been espe- cially roused to this subject , each in his turn would have denied that there ...
... possible to interrogate a series of eight persons , such as together had filled up this time , intelligent men , but men whose attention had not been espe- cially roused to this subject , each in his turn would have denied that there ...
25 페이지
... possible subject , from which every word which the Saxon has con- tributed to our tongue shall be rigidly excluded : you will find it , at least if I may judge by my own experience , wholly beyond your power . On the other hand with a ...
... possible subject , from which every word which the Saxon has con- tributed to our tongue shall be rigidly excluded : you will find it , at least if I may judge by my own experience , wholly beyond your power . On the other hand with a ...
26 페이지
... possible out of sight . I remember Lord Brougham urging upon the stu- dents at Glasgow as a help to writing good English , that they should seek as far as possible to rid their diction of long - tailed words in ' osity ' and ' ation ...
... possible out of sight . I remember Lord Brougham urging upon the stu- dents at Glasgow as a help to writing good English , that they should seek as far as possible to rid their diction of long - tailed words in ' osity ' and ' ation ...
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adjectives adopted Æneid affirm altogether Anglo-Saxon become Ben Jonson Bishop black guard called causes century changes Chaucer Cheaper Edition Chimæra COMPOSITE LANGUAGE derived Dictionary doubt Dryden earlier early employed England English language English words etymology example exist express fact familiar female foreign words French words Fuller Gabriel Harvey gain German grammatical Greek guage Holland idioms instance introduction Italian Jeremy Taylor Jonson Latin language lecture letters living loss manner matter meaning merely Milton modern nation native never observe obsolete once original orthography passage perfuga period phrase Plautus Plutarch poems poet present pronunciation prose Quintilian remains respect RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH Saxon seeking sense Shakespeare shape sound speak speech spelling spelt Spenser spoken strong præterites substantive suppose survives syllable things tion tongue translation vast number verb vocables vocabulary whole Wiclif Wiclif's Bible write written
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31 페이지 - By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. 16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
49 페이지 - Poets that lasting marble seek Must carve in Latin or in Greek; We write in sand, our language grows, And, like the tide, our work o'erflows.
47 페이지 - Poetry requires ornament ; and that is not to be had from our old Teuton monosyllables : therefore, if I find any elegant word in a classic author, I propose it to be naturalized, by using it myself; and, if the public approves of it, the bill passes. But every man cannot distinguish between pedantry and poetry : every man, therefore, is not fit to innovate.
167 페이지 - That it may please Thee to give and preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the earth, so as in due time we may enjoy them ; We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord.
117 페이지 - With dishes piled, and meats of noblest sort And savour, beasts of chase, or fowl of game, In pastry built, or from the spit, or boil'd, Gris-amber-steam'd ; all fish from sea or shore, Freshet or purling brook, of shell or fin, And exquisitest name, for which was drain'd Pontus, and Lucrine bay, and Afric coast.
211 페이지 - Here thou, great ANNA ! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea.
206 페이지 - The juice nectareous, and the balmy dew; For me, the mine a thousand treasures brings; For me, health gushes from a thousand springs; Seas roll to waft me, suns to light me rise; My foot-stool earth, my canopy the skies.
74 페이지 - Yet it must be allowed to the present age, that the tongue in general is so much refined since Shakespeare's time, that many of his words, and more of his phrases, are scarce intelligible. And of those which we understand, some are ungrammatical, others coarse ; and his whole style is so pestered with figurative expressions, that it is as affected as it is obscure.