Etymologicon Magnum, Or Universal Etymological Dictionary, on a New Plan: With Illustrations Drawn from Various Languages: English, Gothic, Saxon, German, Danish &c. &c. ... the Dialects of the Sclavonic, and the Eastern Languages, Hebrew, Arabic, Persian, Sanscrit, Gipsey, Coptic, &c. &cAuthor, 1800 |
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... appear in different languages . Thus Mother becomes in Greek Meeteer ( Mng ) —in Latin Mater - in Saxon Mə- thor , Meder ... appears under the forms of Mateer ( Maing , Dorick ) -Meeter , Meetr , ( Malegos , Malgos . ) Again , Brother ...
... appear in different languages . Thus Mother becomes in Greek Meeteer ( Mng ) —in Latin Mater - in Saxon Mə- thor , Meder ... appears under the forms of Mateer ( Maing , Dorick ) -Meeter , Meetr , ( Malegos , Malgos . ) Again , Brother ...
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... appears in different dialects and stages of the same language . Surely the contemplation of these facts will impress on every mind . a similar train of ideas ; and the reader has already anticipated my reason- ing and my conclusion on ...
... appears in different dialects and stages of the same language . Surely the contemplation of these facts will impress on every mind . a similar train of ideas ; and the reader has already anticipated my reason- ing and my conclusion on ...
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... appears , it will be a sufficient reason for us to enquire , whether such a word was not originally derived from the name of the EARTH . I cannot be supposed to mean that this will always be the case , and that we shall not often be ...
... appears , it will be a sufficient reason for us to enquire , whether such a word was not originally derived from the name of the EARTH . I cannot be supposed to mean that this will always be the case , and that we shall not often be ...
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... appears in Welsh , DAEAR . In Greck it assumes the form of STEREOs , ( Eregos , firmus , DURUS ; ) where the ST ... appear in the dialects of the Celtic , are DAIAR - DOR - TIR - DUAR , as I find them represented by Lhuyd sub voce TERRA ...
... appears in Welsh , DAEAR . In Greck it assumes the form of STEREOs , ( Eregos , firmus , DURUS ; ) where the ST ... appear in the dialects of the Celtic , are DAIAR - DOR - TIR - DUAR , as I find them represented by Lhuyd sub voce TERRA ...
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... appears . In the Greek AGros - the Latin Acer and the English Acre , ther has been lost before the Radical ^ rG or ^ rK , and has been added after it . In the enunciation of Farther , the r in both cases appears or is obscured ...
... appears . In the Greek AGros - the Latin Acer and the English Acre , ther has been lost before the Radical ^ rG or ^ rK , and has been added after it . In the enunciation of Farther , the r in both cases appears or is obscured ...
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acknowledged Ampelos ancient Anglo Saxon animal annexed appears applied appropriate term Arabic CARPOS Celt Celtic Chaldee coincidence compound conjecture consonant conveyed corresponding deduced denoting derived dialects discover doubt Earth Element CB enclosure enquiry Etymologists Etymology explained express extremely curious familiar term Fist French Galic Germ German Gipsey Goth Greek Greek language GRIPE guage Hand Hebrew Hebrew language hence Hesychius imagine instantly Junius Latin Latin language letter Lhuyd likewise Man-the Manus Martinius means Menage metaphor Mouth nature notion observe Old Eng ordinary origin Parkhurst passage peculiar perceive perpetually Pers Persian Persian language phrase precisely produced quæ quasi quod race of words Radical reader referred relating represented Richardson Robert Ainsworth Saxon says seen sense Shakspeare signifies similar idea Skinner sound species Syriac Teutonic languages train of ideas unfolded various verb Vossius vowel breathing Welsh words belonging δε σε
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Page 343 - Is man no more than this? Consider him well. Thou owest the worm no silk, the beast no hide, the sheep no wool, the cat no perfume. Ha! here's three on "s are sophisticated! Thou art the thing itself; unaccommodated man is no more but such a poor, bare, forked animal as thou art.
Page 87 - There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
Page 317 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together : our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues.
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