 | John Horne Tooke - 1840 - 808 páginas
...Connectives." He therefore proceeds to give a compteat definition of them, viz. — " A Preposition is a part of speech, devoid itself of signification; but so formed as to unite two words that are significant, and that refuse to coalesce or unite of themselves." — Now I am curious... | |
 | James Harris - 1841 - 616 páginas
...their character. Their definition will distinguish them from the former connectives. A preposition is a part of speech, devoid itself of signification, but so formed as to unite two words that are significant, and that refuse to coalesce or unite of themselves.1 This connective... | |
 | James Harris - 1841 - 652 páginas
...their character. Their definition will distinguish them from the former connectives. A preposition is a part of speech, devoid itself of signification, but so formed as to unite two words that are significant, and that refuse to coalesce or unite of themselves.1 This connective... | |
 | Gerald Murray - 1847 - 278 páginas
...him.' " In Doctor Crombie's — "A preposition has been defined to be ' that part of speech which shows the relation that one thing bears to another.' According...unite those parts of the building which would not, by iheir own nature, incorporate or coalesce. When one considers the formidable objections which present... | |
 | John Stoddart - 1854 - 340 páginas
...had no signification of their own. The learned HARRIS gives the following definition, " Apreposition is a part of speech devoid itself of signification, but so formed as to unite two words that are significant, and that refuse to coalesce or unite of themselves." CAMPANELL A also... | |
 | John Mulligan - 1857 - 608 páginas
...express no meaning without the help of another word. Mr. Harris gocs farther. " A preposition," says he, "is a part of speech, devoid itself of signification; but so formed as to unite two words that are significant, and that refuse to coalesce or unite of themselves." This absurd assertion... | |
 | John Horne Tooke - 1857 - 812 páginas
...Connectives." He therefore proceeds to give a compleat definition of them, viz. — " A Preposition is a part of speech, devoid itself of signification ; but so formed as to unite two words that are significant, and that refuse to coalesce or unite of themselves." — Now I am curious... | |
 | Angelo Vergani - 1861 - 326 páginas
...non mai, never (2). OF THE PREPOSITION. A Preposition, so called from the Latin word Prceponere, " is a part of speech devoid itself of signification, but so formed as to unite two words that are significant, and refuso to coalesce or unite of themselves. " (Harris's Hermes,... | |
 | John Mulligan - 1868 - 608 páginas
...express no meaning without the help of another word. Mr. Harris goes farther. " A preposition," says he, "is a part of speech, devoid itself of signification; but so formed as to unite two words that are significant, and (hat refuse to coalesce or unite of themselves." This absurd assertion... | |
 | John Mulligan - 1874 - 596 páginas
...express no meaning without the help of another word. Mr. Harris goes farther. "A preposition," says he, "is a part of speech, devoid itself of signification; but so formed as to unite two words .that are significant^ and that refuse to coalesce or unite of themselves." This absurd assertion... | |
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A Preposition is a part of speech, devoid itself of signification; but so formed as to unite two words that are significant, and that refuse to coalesce or unite of themselves. 
