A Sequel to the Diversions of Purley: Containing an Essay on English Verbs, with Remarks on Mr. Tooke's Work, and on Some Terms Employed to Denote Soul Or Spirit |
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alii analogy Anglo Anglosaxon verb anima animi animus applied autem bodily act body breath called Chaucer Cicero ciple common connexion denote derived diminutive Diversions of Purley Douglas's Virgil Dryden Edmond Malone effect Eneid English verbs etymo etymologists etymology expression fleog-an formed the frequentative French frequentative verbs GAST German ghost GLITTERING Gothic Guy Mannering heaved hence HINDU ASTRONOMY Ibid instance Jamieson Johnson King Lear language Latin Latin language Lindsay living principle manner metaphor metonymy Milton mind Moso-Gothic nature nouns objects opinion past parti past participle past tense perhaps philosophers Pope prefix preterite and past quæ quod quotes resemblance Romeo and Juliet saxon Scotch Scotland sense signify similar simply and merely soul or spirit speak spiritus subtile supposed term termination thing thinking principle thou tongue Tooke Tooke's transferred trope truth verbs ending WANDER WAVER WELTER whence wind word wraith