The Discovery of the Science of Languages: In which are Shown the Real Nature of the Parts of Speech, the Meaning which All Words Carry in Themselves, as Their Own Definitions, and the Origin of Words, Letters, Figures, Etc, Volume 2Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1844 |
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... manner are ta and sa to be accounted for . But mes , tes , and ses , are no more in the plural number than mon , ton , and son , or than ma , ta , and sa are ; since it is only the single pronoun es which is added to m , t , and s ...
... manner are ta and sa to be accounted for . But mes , tes , and ses , are no more in the plural number than mon , ton , and son , or than ma , ta , and sa are ; since it is only the single pronoun es which is added to m , t , and s ...
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... manner , in your books , that is , to you er book es ( " to you it book it " ) , er , which stands in apposition to es , does not correspond with it in form , but in every other respect it does ; and it is as much a plural as es is ...
... manner , in your books , that is , to you er book es ( " to you it book it " ) , er , which stands in apposition to es , does not correspond with it in form , but in every other respect it does ; and it is as much a plural as es is ...
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... several times . Vostre is in like manner composed of vos ( which is equal to vous ) , and also of être . Then nostre livre means nous être livre , that is , à And vostre nous l'être livre , " to us the 4 DISCOVERY OF THE.
... several times . Vostre is in like manner composed of vos ( which is equal to vous ) , and also of être . Then nostre livre means nous être livre , that is , à And vostre nous l'être livre , " to us the 4 DISCOVERY OF THE.
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... manner means vous être livre , which is the abbreviated form of à vous l'être livre , that is , " to you the thing book . " The word être , in these instances , may be also very well rendered by an article or a pronoun , and we may say ...
... manner means vous être livre , which is the abbreviated form of à vous l'être livre , that is , " to you the thing book . " The word être , in these instances , may be also very well rendered by an article or a pronoun , and we may say ...
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... manner ; for when they do say that nostre is from noster , this arises from their not knowing that the well - known word être enters into the composition of nostre . As an additional proof that nostre and vostre are not taken from ...
... manner ; for when they do say that nostre is from noster , this arises from their not knowing that the well - known word être enters into the composition of nostre . As an additional proof that nostre and vostre are not taken from ...
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affirmative Aleph allow Alpha already seen already shown ancient animal appear bad meaning beginning belonging character composed consequently contraction correct Cybele discovery Divinity earth easily conceived English word epsilon equal to iv eternity etois être evident existence fallen father follows French language French pronoun French word frequently gamma ginally give glish God's son Greek alphabet Greek language Greek word half head Hence ic iv idea implies instance is-i iv-er knowledge lambda Latin Latin word latter word least difference literally means livre lysed lysis means double meant mind negative observation perceive plural number preceded precisely equal present pronoun prove quently racter reader remark Saxon sequently signify single soul sound stands in apposition syllable synonymous three letters three words truth whilst whole womb word becomes word for three word in Greek words mean written
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