On the Study of WordsMacmillan, 1900 - 365 páginas |
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... derived , if only our attention is roused to their existence . I shall urge on you how well it will repay you to study the words which you are in the habit of using or of meeting , be they such as relate to highest spiritual things , or ...
... derived , if only our attention is roused to their existence . I shall urge on you how well it will repay you to study the words which you are in the habit of using or of meeting , be they such as relate to highest spiritual things , or ...
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... derived from other languages , there are few modes of instruction more useful or more amusing than that of accustoming young people to seek for the etymology or primary It is well worth the while to read on this same subject the ...
... derived from other languages , there are few modes of instruction more useful or more amusing than that of accustoming young people to seek for the etymology or primary It is well worth the while to read on this same subject the ...
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... ; similarly the Saxons are sup- posed to have derived their name from a weapon — seax , a knife ; see Kluge's Dict . ( s.v. frank ) . ] merely a national , but involved a moral , distinc- 10 LECT . Introductory Lecture .
... ; similarly the Saxons are sup- posed to have derived their name from a weapon — seax , a knife ; see Kluge's Dict . ( s.v. frank ) . ] merely a national , but involved a moral , distinc- 10 LECT . Introductory Lecture .
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... derived from the Latin ' tribulum , ' which was the threshing instrument or harrow , whereby the Roman husbandman separated the corn from the husks ; and ' tribulatio ' in its primary signification was the act of this separa- tion . But ...
... derived from the Latin ' tribulum , ' which was the threshing instrument or harrow , whereby the Roman husbandman separated the corn from the husks ; and ' tribulatio ' in its primary signification was the act of this separa- tion . But ...
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... derived . It had long been the fashion among ancient geographers to compare the shape of this region to a platane leaf ; * and a glance at the map will show that the general outline of that leaf , with its sharply - incised edges ...
... derived . It had long been the fashion among ancient geographers to compare the shape of this region to a platane leaf ; * and a glance at the map will show that the general outline of that leaf , with its sharply - incised edges ...
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