A General Pronouncing and Explanatory Dictionary of the English Language: To which is Added, a Vocabulary of Scripture Proper Names, &cPeter Hill, 1814 - 407 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة viii
... motion of the or - y to e . Thus , o - ŭ , united , will produce the gans of speech , from the moment the vocal The diphthong u is composed of e - û ; and Initial W and Y are exemplified in We ye ; the diphthong i , of ǎ - é very ...
... motion of the or - y to e . Thus , o - ŭ , united , will produce the gans of speech , from the moment the vocal The diphthong u is composed of e - û ; and Initial W and Y are exemplified in We ye ; the diphthong i , of ǎ - é very ...
الصفحة xxiv
... motion of a shadow , and the growth of grass ; which comparison divides the sentence into two principal parts : but since what is said of the movement of the shadow , and of the growth of grass , likewise contains two simple members ...
... motion of a shadow , and the growth of grass ; which comparison divides the sentence into two principal parts : but since what is said of the movement of the shadow , and of the growth of grass , likewise contains two simple members ...
الصفحة 4
... motion Accend , ak - send ' , v . to kindle ; to set on fire Accension , ak - sen'shun , n , the act of kindling its pronunciation Accent , ak - sent ' , v . to note the accent Accentual , ak - sent'u - al , a . relating to accent ...
... motion Accend , ak - send ' , v . to kindle ; to set on fire Accension , ak - sen'shun , n , the act of kindling its pronunciation Accent , ak - sent ' , v . to note the accent Accentual , ak - sent'u - al , a . relating to accent ...
الصفحة 12
... motion ; to actuate Agitation , aj - é - tā'shun , n . the act of moving ; disturbance [ fairs ; a mover Agitator , aj'e - tå - tur , n . one who manages af- Agnail , ag'nāl , n . disease of the nails ; a whitlow Agnation , ag - na'shun ...
... motion ; to actuate Agitation , aj - é - tā'shun , n . the act of moving ; disturbance [ fairs ; a mover Agitator , aj'e - tå - tur , n . one who manages af- Agnail , ag'nāl , n . disease of the nails ; a whitlow Agnation , ag - na'shun ...
الصفحة 14
... motion in mu- sica . gay ; lively Allelujah , al - le - lû'ya , n . a word of spiritual ex- ultation ; Praise God ! Properly Hallelujah || Alleviate , al - lē'vė - āt , v . to ease ; to soften Alleviation , al - le - ve - a'shun , n ...
... motion in mu- sica . gay ; lively Allelujah , al - le - lû'ya , n . a word of spiritual ex- ultation ; Praise God ! Properly Hallelujah || Alleviate , al - lē'vė - āt , v . to ease ; to soften Alleviation , al - le - ve - a'shun , n ...
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accent animal Bacchus beat belonging bird bird of prey body Cæsura censure church chyle cloth coarse colour conj consisting consonant contract corn corrupt cover Cybele daughter diphthong disease dress false female fire fish flower force fruit give goddess grow hârn Hecuba herb honour horse insect instrument interj join Jupiter kind king kwit liquor loose lying manner mark marriage mean measure medicine ment metal motion musical ness noise noun ornament Orthoepy pain peevish person pertaining Phrygia piece plant play plural prep pret Priam pron pronounced pronunciation pustule quick racter relating resembling round sentence sharp ship shut sing soft sort sound species stone substance syllable Thessaly thin thing tion tree turn University of Edinburgh verb verse vessel violent vowel wind woman wood words
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الصفحة xxxi - When the proud steed shall know why man restrains His fiery course, or drives him o'er the plains; When the dull ox, why now he breaks the clod, Is now a victim, and now Egypt's god: Then shall man's pride and dulness comprehend His actions', passions', being's use and end; Why doing, sufFring, check'd, impell'd; and why This hour a slave, the next a deity.
الصفحة xxxi - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
الصفحة xxiv - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
الصفحة xxiv - As we perceive the shadow to have moved along the dial, but did not perceive it moving ; and it appears that the grass has grown, though nobody ever saw it grow : so the advances we make in knowledge, as they consist of such minute steps, are only perceivable by the distance gone over.
الصفحة xxxv - Man's happiness, or misery, are, in a great measure put into his own hands. Man is not such a machine as a clock or a watch, which move merely as they are moved.
الصفحة xxxi - Ten Censure wrong for one who Writes amiss ; A Fool might once himself alone expose, Now One in Verse makes many more in Prose. 'Tis with our Judgments as our Watches, none Go just alike...
الصفحة xxx - What could make a stronger impression,' says he, ' than those exclamations of Gracchus ?—" Whither shall I turn ? Wretch that I am! to what place betake myself? Shall I go to the Capitol ? Alas ! it is overflowed with my brother's blood. Or shall I retire to my house ? Yet there I behold my mother plunged in misery, weeping and despairing!
الصفحة xxv - At the same time that I think discretion the most useful talent a man can be master of, I look upon cunning to be the accomplishment of little, mean, ungenerous minds. Discretion points out the noblest ends to us, and pursues the most proper and laudable methods of attaining them. Cunning has only private selfish aims, and sticks at nothing which may make them succeed.
الصفحة xxx - Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.
الصفحة xxiv - The discourse consisted of two parts : in the first was shown the necessity of fighting ; in the second, the advantages that would arise from it.