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 conjecture connexion derived diminutive Diversions of Purley Douglas's Virgil Dryden 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 Ibid instance Jamieson Johnson King Lear language Lapwing Latin Latin language Lindsay living principle metaphor metonymy Milton mind Moso-Gothic nature nouns objects old English opinion past parti past participle past tense perhaps philosophers Pope prefix preterite and past quæ quod quotes resemblance Romeo and Juliet saxon Scotch Scotland seems sense signify similar simply and merely soul or spirit speak spiritus subtile supposed term thing thinking principle thou tongue Tooke Tooke's transferred trope truth verbs ending WANDER WAVER WELTER Wending whence wind word wraith