The Class-book of Etymology: Designed to Promote Precision in the Use, and Facilitate the Acquisition of a Knowledge of the English LanguageE. C. & J. Biddle, 1854 - 326 páginas |
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Términos y frases comunes
animal Anti Arche belonging Bini body cædo capio cedo cerno Circum connected cover cratos cresco curro Deca denotes derived dico duco dull English Equus Etymology facio fero fluo forma French genus German gero give gonia Gothic grapho Greek hence Hydor Icelandic Inter jacio jungo kind language Latin latria latum lego ligo lithos logos loquor mancia mean ment mergo metrum misceo mitto Monos moveo Multus nascor ness nosco nouns Octo oculus oidos opto or'der Ovum paro pello pendeo pertaining phano plico Poly pono porto prehendo premo Preter probo puto Quadra quæro Quinque rego relating salio Saxon scopeo Scotch scribo sedeo Semi sequor signifies sisto solidus sonus sound specio speech sterno struo sumo Super Swedish syllable teneo Teutonic thing tion tomos tonos traho Trans Tres Unus venio verto voco volo words
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Página xv - Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden.
Página xvi - Ancient of days! august Athena! where, Where are thy men of might? thy grand in soul? Gone - glimmering through the dream of things that were: First in the race that led to Glory's goal, They won, and pass'd away - is this the whole?
Página xv - I .was yesterday, about sunset, walking in the open fields, till the night insensibly fell upon me. I at first amused myself with all the richness and variety of colours which appeared in the western parts of heaven. In proportion as., they faded away and went out, several stars and planets appeared one after another, till the whole firmament was in a glow.
Página xv - Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more; for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope; and even of Dryden it must be said, that if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems.
Página 62 - EPICYCLE, in the ancient astronomy, a little circle whose centre is in the circumference of a greater circle...
Página xv - ... man, took the extraordinary resolution, to resign his kingdoms ; and to withdraw entirely from any concern in business or the affairs of this world, in order that he might spend the remainder of his days in retirement and solitude.
Página xvii - TOO and 900, the Danes had been pushing on their conquests in England. About the year 1160* the first part of the Lord's prayer was thus rendered in verse : " Ure fader in heaven rich, Thy name be halyed ever lich, Thou bring us thy mechle blisse. Als hit in heaven y doe, Evar in yearth been it also.
Página xv - Of feather'd fopperies, the sun adore : Darkness has more divinity for me ; It strikes thought inward ; it drives back the soul To settle on herself, our point supreme ! 130 There lies our theatre ; there sits our judge.
Página iv - ALPHA BETA GAMMA DELTA EPSILON ZETA ETA THETA IOTA KAPPA LAMBDA MU NU XI OMICRON PI RHO SIGMA TAU UPSILON PHI CHI PSI OMEGA...
Página xvii - Uren fader thic arth in heofnas, sic gehalgud thin noma so cymeth thin ric, sic thin willa sue is in heofnas, and in eortho,