Hermes Or a Philosophical Inqviry Concerning Vniversal Grammar: By Iames Harris EsqC. Nourse, 1786 - 442 หน้า |
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Adjectives Adverbs Affertion affume alfo alſo anſwer antient Aorift Article Attributes becauſe Boethius C.VII Cafe called Caufe Cauſe Ch.III Ch.IV Chap CHIG Cicero Conjunctions denote diftinction effential enim exift Exiſtence exprefs faid fame farther feems fenfible fhall fignificant fimple firft firſt fome fomething Form ftill fuch fuppofe Grammarians Greek hence ibid Ideas infinite inftances itſelf laft Language Latin Modes moſt Motion muſt Nature Noun obferved paffage Paft Participles paſt Perfon Philofopher Plato Pofitive prefent Prepofitions Prifcian Pronoun quæ quod racter reaſon refpect RSITY ſay ſeems Senfation Senfe Sentence ſhall ſhould SITY ſpeak Species Speech ſtill Subftantives Subject ſuch Tenfes thefe themſelves Theodore Gaza theſe things thofe thoſe tion tives UNIV UNIV univerfal uſe Verbs vero Words ἂν γὰρ δὲ εἶναι ἐκ ἐν καὶ καὶ τὸ κατὰ μὲν μὴ πρὸς τὰ τε τῇ τὴν τῆς τὸ τοῖς τῷ τῶν ὡς
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หน้า 266 - Philosophers, or even to cite and translate him (except in trite and obvious sentences) without accurately knowing the Greek Tongue in general ; the nice differences of many Words apparently...