Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volume 10Archibald Constable, 1823 |
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... pronoun , verb , participle , adverb , pre- impossible for the most tenacious memory , during the parts of speech the position , conjunction . The Latin and English gramma- course of the longest life , to retain even the nouns of inost ...
... pronoun , verb , participle , adverb , pre- impossible for the most tenacious memory , during the parts of speech the position , conjunction . The Latin and English gramma- course of the longest life , to retain even the nouns of inost ...
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... PRONOUN always stands by itself , assuming the power of a noun , and supplying its place , then is it cer tain that the words this , that , any , some , & c . can never be PRONOUNS . We are indeed told , that when we say THIS is virtue ...
... PRONOUN always stands by itself , assuming the power of a noun , and supplying its place , then is it cer tain that the words this , that , any , some , & c . can never be PRONOUNS . We are indeed told , that when we say THIS is virtue ...
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... pronoun ( E ) , still preserves unchan- ged its definitive import ; and in every instance , except where it may be used very improperly , it will be found to be neither more nor less than a definite article . 26. It appears then , that ...
... pronoun ( E ) , still preserves unchan- ged its definitive import ; and in every instance , except where it may be used very improperly , it will be found to be neither more nor less than a definite article . 26. It appears then , that ...
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... pronouns more definite than they are of themselves ; and the same may be said of proper names . Neither can we say ... pronoun ; for from the beginning of the oration there occurs not a single noun of which it can possibly supply the ...
... pronouns more definite than they are of themselves ; and the same may be said of proper names . Neither can we say ... pronoun ; for from the beginning of the oration there occurs not a single noun of which it can possibly supply the ...
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... Pronouns . Known ; I say THE man : — -Definite ; A CERTAIN man : Indefinite ; ANY man : -Present , and near ; THIS man : -Present , and at some distance ; THAT man : — Like to some other ; SUCH a man : -Different from some other ...
... Pronouns . Known ; I say THE man : — -Definite ; A CERTAIN man : Indefinite ; ANY man : -Present , and near ; THIS man : -Present , and at some distance ; THAT man : — Like to some other ; SUCH a man : -Different from some other ...
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Abencerrages action adjective adverbs afterwards ancient animal aorist appears arms ball barrel body BOTANY Index bullet called chord coast colour common considerable court death degree denote distance duke England English equal experiments expressed feet fire fluid French genus give Granada Greek Greenland Guinea gunpowder habeas corpus hair Handel harmattan Harmonica head heat hemp Henry honour horse inches Infusoria inhabitants iron island kind king language Latin length likewise Lord manner means ment miles motion mouth nature neral noun observed occasion Peloponnesus person piece polype pounds powder preposition present prince produce pronoun proportion quantity racter relative clause relative pronoun resistance river round Scotland sea-hare sentence ship shot side signifies slaves sometimes species substance supposed thing tion town velocity verb weight whence whole words worm
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Page 74 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles: Halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head : The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon...
Page 74 - Insuperable height of loftiest shade, Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene; and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.
Page 78 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
Page 76 - Diluit; implentur fossae, et cava flumina crescunt Cum sonitu, fervetque fretis spirantibus aequor. Ipse Pater media nimborum in nocte corusca Fulmina molitur dextra, quo maxima motu Terra tremit, fugere ferae et mortalia corda 330 Per gentes humilis stravit pavor...
Page 214 - ... the glory of the English law consists in clearly defining the times, the causes, and the extent, when, wherefore, and to what degree, the imprisonment of the subject may be lawful. This it is, which induces the absolute necessity of expressing upon every commitment the reason for which it is made : that the court upon a habeas corpus may examine into its validity ; and according to the circumstances of the case may discharge, admit to bail, or remand the prisoner.
Page 351 - For, to say nothing of half the birds, and some quadrupeds which are almost entirely supported by them, worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of leaves and twigs into it ; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called worm-casts, which, being their excrement, is a fine...
Page 380 - But, where each science lifts its modern type, Hist'ry her pot, divinity her pipe, While proud philosophy repines to show, Dishonest sight ! his breeches rent below ; Embrowned with native bronze, lo ! Henley stands, Tuning his voice, and balancing his hands. How fluent nonsense trickles from his tongue ! How sweet the periods, neither said, nor sung ! Still break the benches, Henley ! with thy strain, While Sherlock, Hare, and Gibson preach in vain.
Page 73 - The cease of majesty Dies not alone, but like a gulf doth draw What's near it with it; it is a massy wheel, Fix'd on the summit of the highest mount, To whose huge spokes ten thousand lesser things Are mortis'd and adjoin'd; which, when it falls, Each small annexment, petty consequence, Attends the boisterous ruin. Never alone Did the king sigh, but with a general groan.
Page 74 - So on he fares, and to the border comes Of Eden, where delicious Paradise, Now nearer, crowns with her enclosure green, As with a rural mound, the champaign head Of a steep wilderness...
Page 213 - ... but also during the vacation, by a fiat from the chief justice or any other of the judges, and running into all parts of the king's dominions ; for the king is at all times entitled to have an account, why the liberty of any of his subjects is restrained, wherever that restraint may be inflicted.