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... the mounds and subter- ranean houses of their forefathers. “The custom of mak- ing houses and tombs in the living rock,” says Heeren in his Researche... ... shall walk incarnate in every just and wise man. You shall not tell me by languages and titles a catalogue of the volumes you have read. You shall ma... ...h in church, whom, though silently, we warmly rejoice to be with! Read the language of these wandering eye-beams. The heart knoweth. The effect of the... ...and sacred relation which is a kind of absolute, and which even leaves the language of love suspicious and common, so much is this purer, and nothing ... ...engage us to obey. Of this pure nature every man is at some time sensible. Language cannot paint it with his colors. It is too subtile. It is undefina... ...ravian and Quietist; the opening of the internal sense of the Word, in the language of the New Jerusalem Church; the revival of the Calvinistic church... ...g present; a cheerful, determined hour, which fortifies all the company by mak- ing them see that much is possible and excellent that was not thought ... ...tors of his electricity, so it was easy to observe what efforts nature was mak- ing, through so many hoarse, wooden, and imperfect per- sons, to produ...

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...ore to be condemned offhand. In many cases it may save mischief instead of mak- ing it: for example, though the hanging of a murderer is the duplicati... ...n addressing this lady, to keep your temper and refrain from using profane language? MRS. LUNN [rising, delighted] Gregory! Darling [she en- folds him... ...thrown into the harbor? MRS. JUNO. No: I only want to show T ops that he’s mak- ing a ghastly fool of himself. GREGORY [rising and prowling disgustedl...

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... emprise, Which was so very prompt in the beginning. “If I have well thy language understood,” Replied that shade of the Magnanimous, “Thy soul ... ... And she began to say, gentle and low, With voice angelical, in her own language: ‘O spirit courteous of Mantua, Of whom the fame still in the wo... ...hrough the air without a star, Whence I, at the beginning, wept thereat. Languages diverse, horrible dialects, Accents of anger, words of agony, ... ... Thou fain wouldst have,” then said he unto me, “The empress was of many languages. To sensual vices she was so abandoned, That lustful she made l... ...iting yonder leads me here, Whom in disdain perhaps your Guido had.” His language and the mode of punishment Already unto me had read his name; ... ...r charity console us, and declare Whence comest and who art thou; for thou mak’st us As much to marvel at this grace of thine As must a thing that... ...e; And I shall circle, Lady of Heaven, while Thou followest thy Son, and mak’st diviner The sphere supreme, because thou enterest there.” Thus did...

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...s. Thou art perplexed, and hast the wish that my speech be bolted again in language so open and so plain that it may be level to thy sense, where just... ...ins of certain kings. THE BEAUTIFUL IMAGE, which in its sweet fruition was mak- ing joyful the interwoven souls, appeared before me with outspread win... ...ime under the influence of the heavens. 10 God was known in the primitive language by the sacred and mystical symbol I or J, the Hebrew letter Jod; a...

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... doth Indian or Aethiop for the cooling stream. Tell us, how is it that thou mak’st thyself A wall against the sun, as thou not yet Into th’ inextrica... ...em.” Soon as duly to her side I now had hasten’d: “Brother!” she began, “Why mak’st thou no attempt at questioning, As thus we walk together?” Like to... ...he village of Torbia, a name formed from the Greek Mitford on the Harmony of Language, sect. x. p. 351. 2d edit. v. 78. As sheep.] The imitative natu... ...s.] Our ears are so familiarized to the names of these rival families in the language of Shakespeare, that I have used them instead of the “Montecchi”... ...n number, which afford the earliest specimen of that kind of writing in the language. They were published at Rome in 1743, with learned illustra tion... ...t only his own countrymen, but many of the best poets in all the cultivated languages of modern Europe, have since so much delighted. Guittone, a na... ...al. According to Dante, (De Vulg. Eloq. 1. 1. c. 8.) the Provencal was one language with the Spanish. What he says on this subject is so curious, ...

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...oved or sternly condemned. It was printed, imitated, translated into every language of Europe. Götz and Werther formed the solid foundation of Goethe’... ...e world of that marvelous style which, in the hands of a master, compels a language which is as rich as Greek to be also as musical. The spring of 177... ...s to furnish descriptions of the objects. His partiality for the Ital- ian language, and for every thing pertaining to Italy, was very decided. A smal... ...mself with all needful aids to learn- ing, such as dictionaries of various languages, and encyclopædias of science and art, which, with much else adap... ...ng German educational institutions. He had there laid a good foundation in languages, and other matters reck- oned part of a learned education, had su... ... the tribunal of the royal lieutenant had quite a peculiar charm, from his mak- ing it a point to accompany his decisions with some witty, ingenious, ... ...which everybody had something to tell, did not frighten me. The thought of mak- ing good my footing in a strange place, and in winter, did not make me...

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...ch I have supplied in its due place. The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it. They spell it so a... ...ved, it contained nothing but a savagely derisive attack on a professor of language and litera- ture whose chair Sweet regarded as proper to a pho- ne... ...ound, and capable of making sense with 5 Shaw the context, existed in any language spoken on earth. That less expert mortals should require fuller in... ...point of his “Current Shorthand” is that it can express every sound in the language per- fectly, vowels as well as consonants, and that your hand has ... ...rovision of a full, accurate, legible script for our noble but ill-dressed language; but he was led past that by his contempt for the popular Pitman s... ...een made if its maker had been afraid of making trouble? Making life means mak- ing trouble. There’s only one way of escaping trouble; and that’s kill...

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... Scriptural statement comprises – (23) I. The nature and properties of the language in which the books of the Bible were written, and in which their a... ...d Testament and the New were Hebrews: therefore, a knowledge of the Hebrew language is before all things necessary, not only for the com- prehension o... ...gue, but also of the New: for although the latter was pub- lished in other languages, yet its characteristics are Hebrew. (26) II. An analysis of each... ...occasion, and the epoch of his writing, whom did he write for, and in what language. (42) Further, it should inquire into the fate of each book: how i... ...on- clude that it would never enter into the mind of anyone to cor- rupt a language, though the intention of a writer may often have been falsified by...

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...eneral in a subdued manner which suggests that Gentlemanly Johnny has been mak- ing his presence felt rather heavily. SERGEANT . The General, sir. Swi... ...GOYNE. I do not express my opinion. I never stoop to that habit of profane language which unfortunately coarsens our profession. If I did, sir, perhap... ...d looks to Burgoyne for instructions. BURGOYNE. Have you addressed profane language to the lady, Major Swindon? SWINDON (very angry). No, sir, certain...

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...perpetual motion on sale in gallon tins. But if apothecaries and motor car mak- ers habitually advertized elixir of life and perpetual motion, and suc... ...ancer by doing it?” Society still says, “Not even then.” If the scientist, mak- ing the best of his disappointment, goes on to ask may he torture a do... ...ot find familiar words for it, and are therefore compelled to invent a new language of nonsense for every book they write, let me sum up my conclusion...

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...ou’re not a schoolboy. IVANOFF . What did I tell you? [Shuddering] Are you mak- ing fun of me? Enter ANNA. BORKIN. There now, there comes Anna! I shal... ...l. All you need is a head on your shoulders and a knowledge of the Russian language. SASHA. [Walks up and down in great excitement] This is dreadful, ...

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...n life. So, for instance, in our time there is the knowl- edge of the dead languages and the occult sciences; of cor- rect spelling; of syntax and pro... ...te. But it is, on other grounds, worth noting that the term “waste” in the language of everyday life implies deprecation of what is characterized as w... ...s with which the discharge seeks a given direction. That is to say, in the language of current economic theory, while men are reluctant to retrench th... ...that any innova- tion calls for a greater expenditure of nervous energy in mak- ing the necessary readjustment than would otherwise be the case. It is... ... is gifted with even a moderate share of feroc- ity. The exigencies of the language make it impossible to avoid an apparent implication of disapproval... ...n from the slavery of man’ and so on, is, to use the chaste and expressive language of Elizabeth Cady Stanton inversely, ‘utter rot.’ The social relat...

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..., and so generally distrib- uted, that its name traced to its root in many languages sig- nifies fruit in general. maelon (Melon), in Greek, means an ... ...t the christening of the wild apples? It would exhaust the Latin and Greek languages, if they were used, and make the lingua vernacula flag. We should... ...afresh, until they be all settled upon his back again. So, forth he goeth, mak- ing a noise like a cart-wheel; and if he have any young ones in his ne...

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...souciance— TROTTER. [frantic] Stop talking French to me: it’s not a proper language for a young girl. Great heavens! how is it possible that a few inn... ... GILBEY. [cutting him short] Leave it at that, please. Whatever it is, bad language wont make it better. GILBEY. [bitterly] Yes, put me in the wrong a... ...nk of you; for when I start giving people a bit of my mind I sometimes use language thats beneath me. But I tell you once for all I must have the mone... ...OX. [sternly] Well, miss? MARGARET . Oh, mother, do go out and stop father mak- ing a scene in the street. He rushed at him and said “Youre the man wh... ...ear to hear the children of this world talking vainly and foolishly in the language of this world. But when I hear you justifying your wickedness in t... ...s to talking about blokes and all that—well! MARGARET . Oh, Ive learnt the language; and I like it. It’s another barrier broken down. BOBBY. It’s not ...

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...tenant who acted as his translator—for the chief’s knowledge of the French language, obtained during several years’ heroic service, con- sisted for th... ...lways a gendarme. He had seen service among the Arabs. He had always liked languages and had picked up Arabian with great ease—of this he was very pro... ...er to learn than French, and would not be moved. Now what was the American language like? I explained that it was a sort of Argot-English. When I gave... ...f his torment; the big mouth of night carefully spurted the angular actual language of his martyred body. I had seen him before in the dream of some m... ...ightful nearness. From all directions, by at least thirty voices in eleven languages (I counted as I lay Dutch, Bel- gian, Spanish, Turkish, Arabian, ... ...this was he, this was Monsieur Pet-airs Lui-Même; and I enjoyed peculiarly mak- ing his complete acquaintance for the first and only time. May the Hea... ...y elated, set out to demonstrate the superiority of his race and nation by mak- ing himself obnoxious. I will give him this credit: he was pas méchant...

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...nd those who are ignorant of foreign idioms presume to translate us from one language into another; and thus all propriety of speech is lost and our s... ...he difficulties of phi losophy, and bestow the clearer wine upon the money mak ing business of life. Further, as Ovid in the first book of the De V... ...s or the volumes of the Greeks? Certes, little would Jerome, master of three languages, The Philobiblon Richard de Bury 42 Ambrosius, Augustine, t... ...oting laws according to the intent of the legislator, vio lently strain the language thereof to effect their own pur poses. Wherefore, although the ... ...ular literature for pleasure, taking delight in the inven tions and elegant language of the poets; but others study this literature for the sake of s...

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...ry, noxious careers like those of the com- 57 Shaw mercial schoolmaster). Languages, even dead ones, have their uses; and, as it seems to many of us,... ...h guessing, she was too much pre-occupied with her own pains, and possibly mak- ing too much noise herself, to be conscious of the pandemo- nium downs... ...eeped in the Bible from childhood like Sir Walter Scott and Ruskin, a dead language. Besides, many who have no ear for literature or for music are acc...

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...e been, in his own fashion, as out spoken as Tiraqueau. If such freedom of language could be permitted in a grave treatise of law, similar liberties w... ...reproach always brought against Rabelais is not the want of reserve of his language merely, but his occasional studied coarseness, which is enough to ... ... spoke as those of his time used to speak; when amusing them he used their language to make himself understood, and to slip in his asides, which witho... ...revolt from him, and turn away repulsed at once by the archaic form of the language and by the out- spokenness of the words. But if he be read aloud t... ...th and mastery of the popular tongue as well as of the written and learned language. As a foreigner, Cotgrave is a little behind in his information. H... ...e place. All this did Gymnast very well remark and consider, and therefore mak- ing as if he would have alighted from off his horse, as he was poising... ...of the 283 Rabelais trustees of the Inquisition, when he saw Perce-Forest mak- ing water against a wall in which was painted the fire of St. Anthony,... ...y the cutting down and overthrowing of the great trees, like a second Milo mak- ing havoc of the dark forest, which did serve only to furnish dens, ca...

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... for instance, about matters connected with the healing art, or with money-mak- ing; and, again, more about piloting ships than gymnastic exercises, b... ...ose of the meek man, as refraining from strik- ing others or using abusive language: and in like manner in respect of the other virtues and vices comm... ...dice he throws away his shield, or by reason of ill-temper he uses abusive language, or by reason of stinginess does not give a friend pecuniary assis... ...l ascertain its nature by ex- amining to what kind of persons we in common language ascribe it. [Sidenote: 1140b] It is thought then to be the propert... ...rue. Now all these mental states tend to the same object, as indeed common language leads us to expect: I mean, we speak of [Greek: gnomae], Judicious... ...ho are connected from mo- tives of profit (which is justified by political language, for alliances between states are thought to be contracted with a ...

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...o was quite drunk, was suddenly surprised by something and began using bad language. “What are you swearing at, you there?” Semyon, who was sitting so... ... as he has a fare… . The three young men, shoving each other and using bad language, go up to the sledge, and all three try to sit down at once. The q... ...imself. There’s no sense in it, your honor, it’s not right, and there’s no mak- ing out what’s the meaning of it, merciful Lord! Say your father was r... ...ren- ticed to a shoemaker, … he’ll take to drink, will learn to use filthy language, will go hungry . A shoemaker! and he the son of a collegiate asse... ... the second half of the sixth year the prisoner began zeal- ously studying languages, philosophy, and history . He threw himself eagerly into these st... ... letter from his prisoner: “My dear Jailer, I write you these lines in six languages. Show them to people who know the languages. Let them read them. ...