| 单词 | declension |
| 例句 | My preceptor indicated that it would delight him to offer assistance upon any point wherein his small powers might prove of use—declensions, verb irregularities. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Most likely it was Julius Caesar who taught him his declensions. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z He simply supplied the texts, aided with the translations, and rapped my hand when I failed at declension or agreement. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Although he knew some Russian, Bobby had trouble with the declensions and usage. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z When I was learning Latin, I had a professor who was frustrated that I couldn't get all the noun declensions straight within the first week of class. A plea for syntactical sanity on US National Grammar Day 2013-03-04T20:32:24Z Make kids memorize poetry Topics: , , Poetry To judge by the reactions of some citizens, you’d think that Britain’s education secretary had proposed the reinstatement of Latin noun declensions and other pedagogical tortures. Make kids memorize poetry 2012-06-13T02:00:00Z Ms. Schreck’s brisk declension, from outrage to sly satisfaction, underscores the quicksilver changes in feeling that are also a hallmark of the comedies. Theater Review: A ‘Comedy of Errors’ Unfolds in the ’40s, With Fedoras 2013-06-19T02:00:01Z There’s a similar declension in the odysseys of the six converts profiled by Daniel Oppenheimer in his engaging study “Exit Right: The People Who Left the Left and Reshaped the American Century.” The Plight of the Political Convert 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z During the Force Majeure show, Izzard gets to grips with German sentence structure and declensions, earning knowing applause from the Berlin crowd for his perfect use of the fiendishly tricky genitive case at one stage. Grappling German grammar, Eddie Izzard proves humor can travel 2014-01-29T15:27:11Z I asked, after his declension of my shortcomings. Jim Harrison, Mozart of the Prairie 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z She offers readers a blessedly brief but often funny overview of the complications of this now dead but still lively language — including declensions, gender, number, case, inalienable possession and the seemingly oxymoronic historical present. Finding meaning late in life without ‘Eat Pray Love’ 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Then she'd smirk, or sometimes laugh, and say, "Of course not", then tell us what declension the noun was. A plea for syntactical sanity on US National Grammar Day 2013-03-04T20:32:24Z Sonnets, syllogisms, declensions, puns, quips and carefully constructed insults are fired off in a nonstop, ever-escalating battle of wits. Theater Review: ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost,’ at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Fest 2012-07-31T22:20:55Z How do you like that for a declension, young man? Critic’s Notebook: Deciding How to Expose Children to Challenging Cultural Fare 2012-10-28T21:36:29Z In eloquent sermons known as jeremiads, after the Old Testament prophet Jeremiah, vigilant ministers warned their flocks against declension, or a decline in religious standards. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z But in terms of the general lure of presidential rule, the general declension of republican norms into imperial habits, I also think Trump’s caudillo act is substantially less dangerous than what his predecessors did. Opinion | The Limp Caudillo 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z As we drift through the declension of the holiday season, perhaps you’re still searching for a song to evict “Winter Wonderland” from the forefront of your consciousness. This year, Atlas Brew Works became the District’s epicenter of heavy music 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z Doubly true when the bomber is De Niro, whose deployment of that sturdy little word in all its declensions over decades of movie masterworks is to cussing what Chopin is to melody. Opinion | De Niro’s F-bomb could do a lot of collateral damage 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z His German is almost perfect, but now and then he mangles a declension or searches for a rare word, and when he says “p”, it sounds like “b”. The Afghan cop who became a German nurse - and other refugee success stories 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z My chief concern about this otherwise fantastic work is that it is set up as a kind of declension narrative, itself a popular American Christian genre as old as the republic. Review | The long, nasty moral war over sexuality in America 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z “They’re serious languages. They have declensions, they have verb tenses, they have grammar and accents and all the rest of it. They sound more realistic if the language is actually developed,” he added. Ghosting, shade, microaggression hit Merriam-Webster website 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z These inventions were not created to be improvements on face-to-face communication, but a declension of acceptable, if diminished, substitutes for it. Jonathan Safran Foer: technology is diminishing us 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z Members of relatively homogeneous groups, on the other hand, share a base of common knowledge, enabling them to pile on declensions without confusing one another. Love in Translation 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z They encouraged followers to despise the present as a terrible declension from a glorious past. It is time to get very afraid: Extremists, authoritarians now run the GOP — and no one can stop them 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z From the initially confusing Cyrillic alphabet to noun declensions and cases, Russian isn't a straightforward language, but it's a hugely rewarding one. Russian language barrier stumps UK 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z Its formal grammar is relatively simple: No grammatical gender, irregular verbs or noun declension - the kinds of things that bedevil students of Latin, French and German. An American's quest to learn Farsi 2012-08-20T00:45:30Z The book of Judges with its “monotonous tempo—religious declension, oppression, repentance, peace,” to which Wellhausen14 refers as its ever-recurring cycle, makes us familiar with these alternating phases of action and reaction. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Of all staple products sugar alone shows declension in yield this year, but that arises, not from the season of 1909, but from the unprecedentedly severe frosts of the previous year. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z It was to all appearance a time of spiritual declension; and as distrust ruled his heart, so dissimulation ruled his conduct. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z The result of this was that by the end of September he was reading Petrarch with fluency, while she had only reached the first conjugation of verbs and the second declension of nouns. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z With these exceptions weak forms rarely have any terminations distinctive of gender.4 The synthetic declension of Sanskrit and Prakrit has disappeared. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z For any declension which he may see about him, he is himself largely responsible. One Day at a Time and Other Talks on Life and Religion 2012-03-31T02:00:20.873Z Middle participles are of the first and second declensions and may be recognized by the syllable —μεν—. A Greek Primer For Beginners in New Testament Greek 2012-03-30T02:00:17.703Z Just as before, his declension begins with distrust; and just as before, dissimulation is the product of the distrustful spirit. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z It's absolutely useless to go on to the third declension until you remember the genitive plural of dominus. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z Sonntag and Hans started with a team of nine dogs on the day of the arctic midnight, December 21, when the sun had reached its greatest southern declension. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z Changes there have been, many and radical, but change is not necessarily a sign either of declension or decay. One Day at a Time and Other Talks on Life and Religion 2012-03-31T02:00:20.873Z Isaiah in the gloomiest days of Judah’s declensions had faithful disciples about him, and knew that there was a believing remnant in the land. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z Any deviation from good ton, in this regard, will as inevitably give a man the air of a loafer as an ill-fitting boot will, or the slightest declension from the perpendicular in his hat! The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z So qualified a judge on these matters as Mr Stopford Brooke deplores the declension of religious liberalism into something indistinguishable from unbelief. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z There is no gender, not even a distinction between “he,” “she,” and “it,” in the personal pronouns, and the declension is less developed than in Finnish. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z I fear me you feel a declension from your high estate, when you were the sole partner of my solitude; but believe me, I still hold you in dear affection. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z The boys began to breathe easier and Teeter, who had been whispering declensions to himself, left off. Baseball Joe on the School Nine or, Pitching for the Blue Banner 2012-02-17T03:00:33.267Z Unfortunately this declension from virtue to vice has been too often exhibited to allow of our doubting that it may have happened in the case of Hassan Sabah. Secret Societies of the Middle Ages 2012-02-09T03:00:11.637Z Joe had certainly not misled them, and Bobby's memory, though defective as regarded Latin declensions and historical facts, was unerring where it was a case of locating birds'-nests. A Terrible Tomboy 2012-01-21T03:00:07.003Z Faint traces of it in declension are to be found in Teutonic speech, though in conjugation it is only in the Gothic that the dual is used. Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight 2012-01-19T03:00:21.953Z The want of information respecting the necessary conditions under which this colony was called into existence, was in all probability the cause of its speedy declension. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z To these causes, which produced this general declension of German intellect, must be added one which specially applies to the Catholic portion of Germany. The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 2011-12-24T03:07:59.623Z We thus get the following paradigms of the declension of nouns. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z And I suspect the Universities themselves have been subject to "declensions and fallings off." Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z In old Gaelic the dual is a regular feature of declension, but not of conjugation. Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight 2012-01-19T03:00:21.953Z Now, the second declension is the least interesting thing in the room, but unless he confines his attention to it he will never learn it. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z They also make the dative plural of the third declension in -εσσι, and the perfect participle active is declined like a present participle in -ων. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z In this book the declension of some of the pronouns is very remarkable, viz. Schools, School-Books and Schoolmasters 2011-11-16T03:00:25.713Z We cannot speak of declensions, since English has no genders except in the pronouns of the third person, and no cases except the genitive and a few faint traces of an old dative. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z When there is a failure or declension, the Lord calls the soul back to himself. Notes on the Book of Genesis 2011-11-05T02:00:10.317Z It was a full-formed language; its frame and construction, its declension of nouns and verbs, and its syntax were peculiar to the Northern languages, and fundamentally different from those of the South. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z During the course of it about fifty members were added to the Church; but ere it closed, some declensions took place. Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire with biographical notices of their pastors, and some account of the puritan ministers who laboured in the county. 2011-10-13T02:00:37.230Z I have seen that declension in others, and know how it sinks ultimately to the mere comfortable security of a banking account. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z Then rose the poet Bilderdijk, driven from political into religious patriotism, to denounce with glowing fury the general declension from the orthodoxy of Dort. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z The moment the heart lets slip the reality of God himself, there is no placing a limit to its declension; it is on the highway to the grossest forms of idolatry. Notes on the Book of Genesis 2011-11-05T02:00:10.317Z The old house still stands, but looks very dirty and depressing, like the street, which, since Blake played in it, has suffered a dingy declension. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z His declensions, according to Dickens, were not likely to last out his journey from England to India. Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z It is in times of general declension, of ruin and confusion that the faithfulness, devotedness, and decision of the individual man of God are specially called for. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z Let us have no unprofitable interruptions," said I. "The conjugations of the Armenian verbs are neither so numerous nor so difficult as the declensions of the nouns. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z They naturally tend to appear as declensions from the more ideal ancient form; for how can a personality which represents only itself claim the interest of one which represents something universal? Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z In the realm of grace God has not planned for spiritual declension in old age. The Palm Tree Blessing 2011-07-11T02:00:05.463Z It was affecting to see her sitting among the novices whom I taught, carefully spelling out the words, and repeating the declensions and conjugations. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z The dark background of general declension throws individual devotedness into beauteous relief. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z Its declension was more rapid than its progress and every day added vigour to hope. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z One thing Mr. Bragg felt tolerably sure of—that Aunt Pauline would regret acutely the declension from a nephew-in-law with fifty thousand a year, to one whose income did not count as many hundreds! That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z She had learnt many words and declensions, and knew her task well; but she was absent withal. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z In Japanese, unlike Greek, Latin, or German, there is no proper declension in nouns. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z The second division, which extended from the commencement of the seventh to the end of the twelfth book, comprehended the accidents of words, and the different changes which they undergo from declension, conjugation, and comparison. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Genuine good-breeding is like a mother-tongue which is spoken from childhood unconsciously as to its source, and correctly, without a thought of conjugations and declensions. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z It retains an objective conjugation like the Ugrian languages, and has developed two forms of declension, the definite and indefinite. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z The era of its actual declension must be dated in the pacific part of Diocletian's reign. The Great Apostasy Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History 2011-03-09T03:00:46.980Z We have regular declensions of verbs in both the active voice and the passive voice and their form is accordingly changed. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z He distinguishes two sorts of declensions, of which he calls one arbitrary, and the other natural or necessary; and he is thenceforth alternately occupied with analogy and anomaly. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z All was quiescent, languorous, beautiful in the glow of the sun's stately declension. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z Its pronouns are remarkably like the Mordvinian equivalents, but the general system of declension and conjugation, both positive and negative, is much as in Finnish. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z I know it is common for authors to represent the great declension of Christianity to have taken place only after its external establishment under Constantine. The Great Apostasy Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History 2011-03-09T03:00:46.980Z The sound of each word of Chinese never changes, whatever position it may stand in relation to other words in the same sentence, that is to say, there is no declension and no conjugation. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z Neither your declensions nor declarations come natural to you, and it's a bungling performance at the best. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z In architecture, we find excellent specimens of the several Grecian orders, exhibiting both the perfection and declension of the art. The Progress of Ethnology An Account of Recent Archaeological, Philological and Geographical Researches in Various Parts of the Globe 2011-02-12T03:00:34.983Z On the other hand, the laws for the change of consonants, the general system of phonetics, the declension, the pronouns and the positive conjugation of the verb all closely resemble Finnish. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z Gradually the declension from neatness went on, until Edward was quite a match for his wife; and yet, strange to say, Cora had not taken the hint, broad as it was. The Home Mission 2011-02-12T03:00:30.217Z From what I have stated above, it would appear that Chinese is very simple as far as the analysis of the words is concerned, for they have no declension and conjugation. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z There can be no corruption in such developments, because they are conducted on strict demonstration; and the conclusions in which they terminate, being necessary, cannot be declensions from the original idea. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z This is a part of the general moral and social declension, which no unbiased observer of the race can fail to notice. The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn 2011-01-30T03:00:15.907Z The Ugrian languages appear to have separated from the Finnish branch before the systems of declension or conjugation were developed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z It was industrial decline in its second declension. Excerpt: 'Punching Out: One Year in a Closing Auto Plant' 2011-01-20T22:00:00Z These last notes strike me as an extraordinary declension from the, at least, exalted argument of the preceding memoranda. Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times 2011-01-16T03:00:20.530Z What her object was in studying Greek she did not disclose fully to any one, but she studied diligently the difficult declensions and conjugations. Brenda, Her School and Her Club 2011-01-15T03:00:31.087Z Moreover, we hold that every such degeneration of facial type will drag along with it inevitably a corresponding declension of spirit. The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn 2011-01-30T03:00:15.907Z In the singular alone can there be an indefinite or indeterminate declension without the article. Basque Legends With an Essay on the Basque Language 2011-01-11T03:00:33.670Z She read over what she had, put in a long mark over a vowel in one of the declensions, looked for other omissions or mistakes, and puzzled over her last English to Latin sentence. Betty Lee, Freshman 2010-12-20T17:12:25.800Z As a specimen of pronominal declension, we may give the most common forms of the first personal pronoun. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z There are three genders, four cases and a bewildering rubric of declensions. Iceland Translators Enjoy Moment in Sun 2010-04-30T00:54:00Z A like process of declension seems to have gone on in all countries and in the same fashion. A Cursory History of Swearing The declension of Antioch had been of as long standing as the declension of Alexandria. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII Haven’t we seen your lips moving in all the declensions and conjugations so far, while you committed them, and haven’t I asked you more than once the Latin or English words of your vocabularies?” Betty Lee, Freshman 2010-12-20T17:12:25.800Z In the declension of nouns, Bihari follows Bengali more closely than it follows Eastern Hindi, and its conjugation is based on the same principles as those which obtain in the former language. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z He has the same pessimist theory of human declension which was held by Seneca and by Tacitus. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The Yiddish spoken by the Russian Jews in America is scarcely a language—it is a jargon without syntax, conjugation, or declension. Races and Immigrants in America For the first time in his career his brave spirit suffered defeat, the first declension in principle, together with his own failing strength was too much for him. Brother Francis Less than the least This was the beginning of the declension of Poe's social and personal reputation. The Home Life of Poe The whole system of declension and conjugation is subject to it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z He had three daughters and a son between eight and nine whom I had to teach his declensions and conjugations. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster This I know, that had my life depended on it I could not have declined a noun of the first declension, although I had learned Donatus off by heart to a nicety. The Autobiography of Thomas Platter, a schoolmaster of the sixteenth century. For declension see B. 22; A. & G. 44. Readings from Latin Verse With Notes The rapid declension of Bornu is an undeniable and lamentable fact. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" No thought of an enemy from without need, therefore, mar our satisfaction in our swift declension into the morass of vice. Stand Up, Ye Dead Besides reading, I was taught declension, comparisons and conjugation, according to the grammar of Donat; after which we passed to Torrentinus. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster He had several boarders, among whom was the late Dr. Gessner, with whom I was to work Donatus and the declensions: this exercise was uncommonly useful to me. The Autobiography of Thomas Platter, a schoolmaster of the sixteenth century. You 'll have to coach me through my declensions and subtractions. Tony Butler "Yes, sir; I know my first two declensions." John Bull, Junior or French as She is Traduced There is a grammar in these things, and he who would speak the tongue must get over the declensions. The Fortunes Of Glencore Under the paternal sovereignty of Marcus Aurelius the approaching declension of learning might be scarcely perceptible to an incurious observer. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 Old Irish, as compared with Brythonic, preserves a wealth of inflectional forms in declension and conjugation, but many of these tend to disappear very early. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" He thought, however, that his magnificent carriage and splendid horses would help him out of the blunders of declensions and genders, and that what he wanted in grammar he could make up in greatness. Tony Butler It is a lamentable declension in theory, and therefore I do not entirely believe it. The Book of This and That BY the first of December I had broken the back of the German declensions, understood a good part of an ordinary conversation, and had painfully acquired three or four r�les in German. Confessions of an Opera Singer The division into nouns and verbs, articles and conjunctions, the schemes of declension and conjugation, were a merely artificial network thrown over the living body of language. Lectures on The Science of Language In Middle Irish the declensions and conjugations are much simplified and the neuter gender is given up in substantives. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" And after I had declined four Armenian nouns, of different declensions, I rose from the side of the pit, and wandered about amongst the various groups of people scattered over the green. International Short Stories English We resolved, as soon as the sun had mounted the heavens from his midnight declension, to retrace our course somewhat and discover the cause of the terrible outcry of the night. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar All the labyrinths of the declension of articles, nouns and adjectives in three genders and plurals, lay before me to be explored. Confessions of an Opera Singer Did declensions and conjugations bud forth like the blossoms of a tree? Lectures on The Science of Language They will not long survive the spiritual declension of the country. The Making of a Country Parish Not one of them, however learned he might be, disdained to be a tutor, to give the principles of grammar, and teach the declensions. Priests, Women, and Families But that sin should be no longer held to be sin, that evil should be wrought and the worker experience no pang of shame, would surely indicate moral declension and decay. Modern Substitutes for Christianity But this declension Cynthia was resolved not to permit. A Life Sentence A Novel It would be easy enough to place side by side the paradigms of declension and conjugation in Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, and the other Aryan dialects, and to mark both their coincidences and their differences. Lectures on The Science of Language Edward FitzGerald, as is elsewhere noticed, thought, or at least said, that everything his friend had done after this was more or less a declension. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) On the other hand, the following peculiarities in declension, in which all the manuscripts agree, make it impossible for us to put them much earlier than the second half of the ninth century. The Triads of Ireland And then it sustains the believer in conflict and keeps him faithful in the days of declension and apostasy. Studies in Prophecy Camellias.—Introduce a gradual declension of artificial heat amongst all that have completed their growth. In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year Showing the Most Successful Treatment for all Plants Cultivated in the Greenhouse, Conservatory, Stove, Pit, Orchid, and Forcing-house What is grammar after all but declension and conjugation? Lectures on The Science of Language The rotten brick decayed to dust; The iron was consumed by rust; Each tabid and perverted mansion Hung in the article of declension. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers Under the influence of Analogy, entire declensions and conjugations have been swept away, leaving in Modern English not a trace of their former existence. Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary There is no article, either definite or indefinite, and no declension of nouns. The Arawack Language of Guiana in its Linguistic and Ethnological Relations Pines.—The principal objects of attention during this dull season should comprise a moderate declension of heat and moisture, and a moderate supply of air at all times when it can be admitted with safety. In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year Showing the Most Successful Treatment for all Plants Cultivated in the Greenhouse, Conservatory, Stove, Pit, Orchid, and Forcing-house Originally declension could not have been anything but the composition of a noun with some other word expressive of number and case. Lectures on The Science of Language Marsden grieved over this sad declension, yet could not at once apply a remedy. A History of the English Church in New Zealand These declensions are all characterized by the prevalence, wherever possible, of i-umlaut in certain cases, the case ending being then dropped. Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary Now, the settler's first-felled tree is to him like a schoolboy's first Latin declension, or a lawyer's first brief—the pledge of ability, the earnest of future performances. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement The parts of speech, the conjugations and declensions, syntax and parsing, must all be systematically conned, the rules and definitions committed to memory, and the judgment exercised upon their application. In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education The whole framework of grammar—the elements of derivation, declension, and conjugation—had become settled before the separation of the Aryan family. Lectures on The Science of Language When a boy has learned that in the genitive plural of the first declension of Greek nouns the final syllable is circumflexed, but to this there are the following exceptions: 1. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 A brief, working summary of the O.E. system of declensions may now be made on the basis of gender. Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary Should this theory be established, the declension would be so gradual that a century would make no perceptible change. Soil Culture It was an inglorious declension from her contemplated pose of dignified assertion. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman This means not only that, in their grammar, pronouns are glued to the verbs in order to form the conjugation, or prepositions to substantives in order to form declension. Lectures on The Science of Language —To illustrate; however one may desire to manipulate a language in teaching it, he cannot change the words in it, or the inflections of the declensions and conjugations. Pedagogics as a System There are two great systems of declension in Old English, the Vowel Declension and the Consonant Declension. Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary The improvement or declension of fruits, grains, and vegetables, depend very materially upon the manner of gathering and preserving seeds. Soil Culture The correct plural of "eucalyptus" is "eucalypti", without any final "s", the name being treated as a Latin noun of the second declension. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 That would not be a distinguishing characteristic of the Turanian or nomad languages; for in Hebrew as well as in Sanskrit, conjugation and declension were originally formed on the same principle. Lectures on The Science of Language The following table exhibits the declension of the personal and relative pronouns:— SINGULAR.Nom. Early English Alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century To this declension belong most of the O.E. masculine and neuter nouns of the Strong Declension. Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary Gather promiscuously and late, and keep without care, and rapid declension will be the result. Soil Culture At the present rate of spiritual declension, in another century many will either be Buddhists or agnostics. Our Moslem Sisters A Cry of Need from Lands of Darkness Interpreted by Those Who Heard It In the Aryan languages the modifications of words, comprised under declension and conjugation, were likewise originally expressed by agglutination. Lectures on The Science of Language He was scarcely thirteen; and yet he was afraid that somebody might get ahead of him while he was being detained by the treacherous Pennewip with declensions and conjugations. Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland This declension may therefore be considered the normal declension for all masculine and neuter nouns belonging to the Strong Declension. Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary She loathed it, and yet she had no sense of declension. Mummery A Tale of Three Idealists Pronouns concern ourselves so much, that we cannot altogether pass over them; though a hint or two with regard to the mode of learning their declension is all that we can here afford to give. The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue The excellence of the Finnic languages consists rather in a diminution than increase of verbal forms; but in declension Finnish is even richer than Turkish. Lectures on The Science of Language It has been already shown how bi be, is used as an Auxiliary in the declension of all verbs. Elements of Gaelic Grammar The ō-Declension may, therefore, be considered the normal declension for all strong feminine nouns. Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary It was terrible to her that when she had hoped for an eagerness and gusto to carry through her project there should have been this declension upon money and food. Mummery A Tale of Three Idealists Except, likewise, those genitive and dative cases of the fifth declension where the vowel e, like Punch’s nose, is made long between two i’s, as faciēi, of a face. The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue Children, probable influence of the language of, on the gradual disappearance of irregular conjugations and declensions, 75. Lectures on The Science of Language Those adjectives whereof the characteristic vowel is small, may be called Adjectives of the second declension. Elements of Gaelic Grammar The declension of adjectives conforms in general to the declension of nouns, though a few pronominal inflections have influenced certain cases. Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary The entire loss of light during the declension occupies only four hours and a half. Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers As a pig is known by his tail, so are declensions of substantives distinguished by the ending of the genitive case. The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue It is very likely, however, that the gradual disappearance of irregular declensions and conjugations is due, in literary as well as in illiterate languages, to the dialect of children. Lectures on The Science of Language The other cases, both mas. and fem., are formed from the nominative, according to the rules already given for forming the cases of nouns of the first declension. Elements of Gaelic Grammar The whole of the first declension should be well fixed in the memory before a second is attempted. Practical Education, Volume II If the descendants of the mound and temple builders yet exist, the traditions of the era have passed from them in the process of their declension. Incentives to the Study of the Ancient Period of American History An address, delivered before the New York Historical Society, at its forty-second anniversary, 17th November 1846 We propose to make declensions, conjugations, &c., a vehicle for imparting something more than the mere dry facts of the immediate subject. The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue But rules of declension and conjugation, paradigms of regular and irregular nouns and verbs, observations on syntax, and the like, these are the work of the teachers of languages, and of no one else. Lectures on The Science of Language This was the true cause of the declension of Hannibal's affairs, and of the ruin of those of Carthage. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) Hence the Celtic tongues are pre-eminently uninflected in the way of declension. A Handbook of the English Language But, still more, Spain became weaker and weaker as the years passed, the tyranny of her extortions being partially due to exigencies of her political weakness and to her economical declension. Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles The properties of the noun belonging to it, are, number, gender, case, and declension; those of the verb, tense, and signification. The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue In the few years prior to 1880 A.D., there was a great declension in the spirituality of Protestantism. The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity Verbs and declensions came easily enough to her, however. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius With adjectives each gender had its peculiar declension. A Handbook of the English Language Latin declensions were taught the child by rhymes concocted by his father as memory-easing devices. Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning It was the season of “Indian summer”—that singular phenomenon of the occidental clime, when the sun, as if rueing his southern declension, appears to return along the line of the zodiac. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness I should be horribly grieved to see any declension from her better nature. Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange They may be regarded as declensions from an earlier belief in the direct descent of the clan from the totem, or as independent conceptions that never grew into this belief. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Anglo-Saxon it was necessary to determine the declension of a substantive. A Handbook of the English Language To show the difficulties of the declensions, we take, as an example, the ordinary word land. Through Finland in Carts Then he hastened to enlighten the wine-waiter, who had been about to refill his glass with port and had construed the gesture as a declension of the nectar. Anthony Lyveden Every noun in the language is declined in the same way, so that all declensions may be learned in one minute. Buchanan's Journal of Man, August 1887 Volume 1, Number 7 The decades preceding the "Great Awakening" of 1740-1743 were a time of religious declension. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Besides this, the demonstrative, possessive, and relative pronouns, as well as the numerals twa and �reo, had a fuller declension than they have at present. A Handbook of the English Language Is such a declension not enough to strike terror to the stoutest heart? Through Finland in Carts My soul! is not this the secret of thy languishing frames, repeated declensions, uneven walk, and sudden falls, that the influences of the Holy Ghost are undervalued and unsought? The Faithful Promiser Among the many predictions given in the word of God touching the last days, is one which foretokens a wide-spread and lamentable declension in the religious world. Modern Spiritualism The next downward step in a husband's declension will be to prevent her from frequenting all religious exercises, or, still worse, from selecting her own balls and evening parties. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) Words like dominus and domina, that is, words where the declension is affected by the sex, are to be found even in English. A Handbook of the English Language Now the fact is that in ancient French, and likewise in Provençal, there is still a system of declension more or less independent of prepositions. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities Six weeks passed in this state of spiritual declension, when God took a strange way to reclaim the backslider. George Müller of Bristol And His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God From that hour his declension had been swift. The Fighting Edge Edward Burrough thus instructively describes the changes which followed the declension of the primitive church from its original state of life and purity. On Singing and Music Just as there are in English fragments of a gender modifying the declension, so are there, also, fragments of the second element of gender; viz., the attribution of sex to objects naturally destitute of it. A Handbook of the English Language By means of these fragments of the Latin declension, it was possible to express many things without prepositions which in modern French can no longer be thus expressed. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities They appear to have appreciated the gravity of her declension more correctly than she had done. Union And Communion or Thoughts on the Song of Solomon Notwithstanding the wide-spread declension of faith and piety, there are true followers of Christ in these churches. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan His shadow stalked with him with colossal strides, according to the declension of the sun, and the hammer in his shadowy arm fell on the projection of the shadowy rocks. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 Volume 23, Number 6 An exhibition of the Anglo-Saxon declension is the best explanation of the English. A Handbook of the English Language This form is chiefly confined to feminine nouns of the third declension. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities She seems to have been largely unconscious of her declension; self-occupied and self-contented, she scarcely noticed His absence; she was resting, resting alone,—never asking where He had gone, or how He was employed. Union And Communion or Thoughts on the Song of Solomon Under the rule of the established church, the people of England had lapsed into a state of religious declension hardly to be distinguished from heathenism. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan In principle they are radiating and recurring lines; in each form they repeat each other in varying degrees of direction and declension of curve. Line and Form (1900) The present declension of the demonstrative pronouns is as follows:— A. She.—Defective in the oblique cases. A Handbook of the English Language If we compare this old French declension with the grammar of modern French, we find that the accusative or the oblique form has become the only recognized form, both in the singular and plural. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities The German family of languages exhibits a fine and bold peculiarity—a double declension of its Adjectives, depending on a condition of syntax. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 Flourishing manufacturing cities fell into decay; fertile districts returned to their native wildness; intellectual dulness and moral declension succeeded a period of unwonted progress. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan Certain determinate numbers being given for the declensions and conjugations, and the cases, moods, tenses, and persons, the whole grammar becomes extremely easy of acquisition. The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy What follows will show that the verbs of the Gothic languages in particular were actually declined, and that fragments of this declension remain in the present English. A Handbook of the English Language Nearly the same applies to certain words of the third declension. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities Or perhaps his midsummer's music had reached its highest point and was now in its declension. Over the Fireside with Silent Friends We have never witnessed such a general declension of religion as at the present. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan One might as well suppose a schoolboy "suggesting" the existence of Æschylus to himself, while he plods mechanically through the declensions. The House of Souls The usual declension of the personal pronouns is exceptionable. A Handbook of the English Language In the dialect of the Gâthâs nouns ending in consonants, and therefore irregular, are transferred to the easier declension in a. Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion How to restore is our concern, As we o'er their declensions mourn. Gleams of Sunshine Optimistic Poems The Bible declares that before the coming of the Lord there will exist a state of religious declension similar to that in the first centuries. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan A woman made of weaker stuff would have cried out against such sudden and painful declension. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance A noun is a word capable of declension only. A Handbook of the English Language Now this transition from one declension to another had taken place before the Chinese had appropriated the Sanskrit of the Buddhist books. Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion So, spurred on by the thought of competition, Nan did her best; went through the declensions with a rush, and quite outstripped her fellow-student in the matter of algebraic problems. The Governess The Bishop of Guatemala, a great scholar, was their teacher, and day after day this little company of monks might have been seen, sitting with the Bishop, like boys at school, learning conjugations and declensions. Las Casas 'The Apostle of the Indies' Having some dim recollection of the early trials of authors I perseveringly gave that copy the freedom of the city; the verdict upon it was marvellously identical, but the manner of declension was always soothing. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War A verb is a word capable of declension and conjugation also. A Handbook of the English Language “The Armenian noun,” said I, “which I propose for your declension this night, is . . . which signifieth Master.” Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest He had been sent indeed to Mr Lawley’s grammar school for the last half-year, and had learned a few declensions in his Latin grammar. Eric, or Little by Little “The Armenian noun,” said I, “which I propose for your declension this night, is ---, which signifieth Master.” Lavengro The Scholar - The Gypsy - The Priest, Vol. 2 (of 2) Nouns whose stems originally ended in a vowel belong to the vocalic or so-called strong declension. A Middle High German Primer Third Edition The participle has the declension of a noun adjective, the infinitive mood the declension of a noun substantive. A Handbook of the English Language The bay export has declined since 1770, which declension is owing to the high price of wool. A Tour in Ireland 1776-1779 Your Aunt wants you back in the old house, Bobby, and Miss Robsart is to go down there too, and go on teaching you till you've mastered your Latin declensions, and are ready for school.' 'Me and Nobbles' And that is the way of life, which is a series of declensions from high ideals, and is meant to be so because things must be lost before their worth can be known. Despair's Last Journey The old ‘Minor Declensions’ had begun to pass over into the vocalic, especially into the i- and a-, declensions in the oldest OHG. A Middle High German Primer Third Edition Although in all languages the verb is equally capable of declension, it is not equally declined. A Handbook of the English Language No wool smuggled, not even from Kerry; not a sloop’s cargo in twenty years, the price too high; the declension has been considerable. A Tour in Ireland 1776-1779 My father started me on the second Sanskrit reader at one bound, leaving me to learn the declensions as we went on. My Reminiscences But that presupposes that there has been a declension. The Calvary Road First declension.—To this declension belong all masculine nouns which form their plural in -e only. A Middle High German Primer Third Edition It was to be entirely conversational, with a little theme-writing, no getting by heart, no irregular verbs, no declensions, no genders. Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General Nouns and adjectives lost their declensions; adjectives ceased to vary in their endings according to the nouns they were attached to, and yet the clearness of the phrase was not in the least obscured. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance In classical Latin poetry, Greek nouns of the third declension with plural nominatives in -ες and plural accusatives in -ας retained these endings. The Last Poems of Ovid And they only are candidates for revival who are prepared to confess that there has been a declension in their lives. The Calvary Road Second declension.—To this declension belong all masculine nouns whose nom. and acc. singular end in -e, which is the only difference between this and the first declension. A Middle High German Primer Third Edition Would you not prefer a little inaccuracy in his declensions to a total forgetfulness of the decalogue? Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General In the Anglo-Saxon grammar, nouns and adjectives had declensions as in German; and not very simple ones. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance For accusative plural endings in the third declension, he concludes that -is for Ovid can be neither established nor excluded. The Last Poems of Ovid That state, with others, was suffering from an educational declension that had been going on for a long time. On the Firing Line in Education Third declension.—To this declension belong all masculine nouns which form their plural in -e and with 39 umlaut of the stem-vowel. A Middle High German Primer Third Edition The declensions of nouns became unsettled; nouns that used to make their plural in a or in u took the more striking plural suffix as that belonged to a quite different declension. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 He knows already his five declensions, and the four conjugations, active and passive. Rattlin the Reefer I observed how Mrs. Kobbe and Miss Pray now and then warily conveyed a "doughnut" from the table to their pockets, with an air of dark declension from the moral laws. Vesty of the Basins “Now, my dear boy,” he said, “can you say that declension?” A Young Hero First Declension.—To this declension belong all neuter nouns which have their nominative case singular and plural alike. A Middle High German Primer Third Edition “Bother their old declensions and conjugations!” he would cry. Burr Junior Little by little he was demonstrating, by his slow declension from it, the wonder of the standard of efficiency maintained by the normal human being. Clayhanger Her Latin, such as it was, was entirely unburdened with cases and declensions. The Maidens' Lodge None of Self and All of Thee, (In the Reign of Queen Anne) But it was harder work than usual to attend to Latin verbs and declensions, and Ambrose wondered if Dr Budge’s thoughts were as much with the jackdaw as his own. Penelope and the Others Story of Five Country Children Second declension.—To this declension belong all neuter nouns which form their plural in -er and by umlaut of the stem-vowel when it is capable of it. A Middle High German Primer Third Edition The conjugations of the Armenian verbs are neither so numerous p. 89nor so difficult as the declensions of the nouns; hear that, and rejoice. The Romany Rye a sequel to "Lavengro" And Janet delicately confirmed his assumption with a slight declension of her waving hat. Clayhanger Likewise the nouns are treated within the framework of the declension of cases. Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language I was called on to translate just the passages I happened to have got off, or was catechised on the declensions of my pet verb, and so kept up appearances. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life First declension.—To this declension belong all feminine nouns having their nominative case singular and plural alike. A Middle High German Primer Third Edition "Not coming!" said Bob, with a sudden declension in his high spirits; for he had been Tim's blood horse all the 30 way from church and had come home rampant. Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year His bald head was not the worst sign of his declension, nor the thickened veins in his hands, nor the deliberation of his gestures, nor even the unsprightliness of his wit. Clayhanger The nominal adjectives have no gender or declension but make use of the same particles as the nouns. Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language Well, if she's willing, as unofficial godfather I might make a start with the Latin declensions. Brother Copas The gen. plural had the ending of the weak declension already in the oldest period of the language. A Middle High German Primer Third Edition With this declension came a still more distorted view of the character of God. The Faith of Islam It is possible to learn a conjugation or a declension in tabular form, and then not be able to use the correct forms of words in speech or writing. The Mind and Its Education These primitive forms do not have declensions for case, but rather use the particles which are common to both nouns and pronouns. Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language “The Armenian noun,” said I, “which I propose for your declension this night, is --- which signifieth Master.” Lavengro the Scholar - the Gypsy - the Priest Second declension.—To this declension belong all feminine nouns which form their plural in -e and have umlaut in the stem-vowel. A Middle High German Primer Third Edition The profligacy and corruption of the public morals have advanced with a progress proportionate to our declension in religion. A History of American Christianity If in any place they have lost their power, the fault is not in the institution, but in the Church; religious declension is the greatest enemy to this good old custom. Little Abe Or, The Bishop of Berry Brow These distinctions are indicated instead by the particles used in the formation of the plurals and in the declensions. Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language “I have merely done what you wished me,” said I, “and in your own style; there is no other way of declining anything in English, for in English there are no declensions.” p. Lavengro the Scholar - the Gypsy - the Priest Names of persons ending in e in the nominative follow the weak declension. A Middle High German Primer Third Edition Not knowing whether this was caused by the closing in of the clouds or the natural declension of the sun, Bob looked at his watch. Around the World in Ten Days As the oak and misletoe were sacred to the Druids, so were they to the Israelites in their days of declension. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales I had already begun Latin with my father, and had vainly endeavoured to share my educational advantages with Mrs. Bundle, by teaching her the first declension. A Flat Iron for a Farthing or Some Passages in the Life of an only Son So great was the declension, that this Neoplatonic philosophy was still the protecting roof for many influential and earnest thinkers, although swindlers and hypocrites also concealed themselves under this roof. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) The endings of the strong declension are partly nominal and partly pronominal. A Middle High German Primer Third Edition She constantly came between me and the Latin declensions and conjugations that I was trying to memorize. Confessions of Boyhood As might be expected, it suffered somewhat from the declension of Lutheranism; but it stood manfully up to the crisis, and met the issues with an heroic spirit. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology "Not coming!" said Bob with a sudden declension in his high spirits; for he had been Tim's blood horse all the way from church, and had come home rampant. A Christmas Carol And, with all their declensions and corruptions, the Religious Houses of Spain enclosed multitudes of the most saintly men and women. Santa Teresa an Appreciation: with some of the best passages of the Saint's Writings The weak declension of adjectives agrees exactly with that of the nouns. A Middle High German Primer Third Edition Adjectives follow the nouns and take similar declensions. The Wiradyuri and Other Languages of New South Wales We must remember, however, that it was the clergy and not the laity, who were the agents of the great declension. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology I pitied that man when I began to stumble through the declensions. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 6, December 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy As, at the opening of the century, there were usually not enough books to go around, the pedagogue would dictate declensions and conjugations, with appropriate exercises, to his pupils. The Age of the Reformation When ein is used in the sense of alone, it follows the weak declension. A Middle High German Primer Third Edition There was hardly time for caprice to have operated; and her declension in favour from that cause would have been gradual. The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey—Vol. 1 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg Adjectives of the third declension whose feminine was not distinguishable in Latin took no "e" in early French. Avril Being Essays on the Poetry of the French Renaissance These categories constitute conjugations and declensions, and for convenience such combinations may be called paradigmatic. On the Evolution of Language First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 1-16 It has got rid of the effete rubbish of genders; simplified immensely its declensions and conjugations; thrown overboard most of the nonsensical ballast we know as grammar. Post-Prandial Philosophy French having no declensions, and being always subject to the article, cannot adopt Greek and Latin inversions; it obliges words to arrange themselves in the natural order of ideas. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary He is taught declensions and conjugations without number in his own and other tongues. The Story of the Innumerable Company, and Other Sketches “The Armenian noun,” said I, “which I propose p. 175for your declension this night, is Dyèr, which signifieth Lord, or Master.” Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 Now there was little else to be heard but the declension of nouns, the conjugation of verbs, etc. Robert Burns How To Know Him Then my eight-year-old cousin began to say me long pages of poetry, and when he had exhausted his stores, he astonished me by the funny, learned sound of his Latin declensions. My Young Days We have been, in spite of momentary declensions, on a flood-tide of high profits and a roaring trade, and there is nothing like a roaring trade for engendering latitudinarians. Among Famous Books Note, also, the various declensions and revivals of religion which have occurred in every period of the church, and endeavor to learn their causes and consequences. A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister In ciphering, and all schooling, you find yourself a long way before them; and you talk of problems, and foreign seas, and Latin declensions, in a way that sets them all agape. Dream Life A Fable Of The Seasons It is generally admitted that there has been a lamentable declension in family government within a few years. Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters Volume 3 Some unsuspected gulf may open, some undreamt-of danger thrust itself through the phantasmagoria of the universe, and I may learn too late the folly of forgetting my declensions. Certain Personal Matters He asked the boy whether he had learned the declension of nouns. The Awakening The Resurrection Mr. Fogo rushed up the patch of shingle until brought to a standstill by its sudden declension into deep water. The Astonishing History of Troy Town My Greek is getting on; I am fearfully industrious, and have even pinned up the declensions, written out in a large hand, on my bedroom wall, so that I can learn them whilst I dress. The Wings of Icarus Being the Life of one Emilia Fletcher With mingled shame and penitence she reviewed her spiritual declensions, and with an humbled, self-distrusting spirit renewed her neglected covenant with the God and guide of her youth. Lives of the Three Mrs. Judsons He too assigned the plant and fruit to the first declension, but handed it over to none other than our earliest acquaintance in the Latin language, Musa. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science There is also a weak declension, much the same for all three genders, of which the masculine form runs as follows:— Sing. Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain Beyond this there was, if not absolute declension, for he never wrote anything that could properly be called careless and unworthy of himself, yet at least no advance. Life of Charles Dickens Where there is no inflexion of either nouns or verbs there can be no cases, declensions, moods, or conjugations. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants Their pronouns offer the sole survival of declension by case endings. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar I maintain that if Banana, bananæ, &c., is not already a Latin noun of the first declension, why then it ought to be, and it shall be in future. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science In other words, all plurals have been assimilated to this the commonest model; just as in French they have been assimilated to the final s of the third declension in Latin. Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain There are writers who believe that the Church was meanwhile going on in a career of hopeful development; but facts too clearly testify that she was moving backwards in a path of cheerless declension. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution The formations of the verbs, the plurals, and the declensions are the main guides to the identification of a language. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 58, December 16, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls Protestantism in those lands is fast running to its final declension—naked infidelity. The Young Priest's Keepsake A curious anomaly occurs in the declension of pronouns.' The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. This is the commonest declension for masculine nouns, and it has fixed the normal plural for the modern English. Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain I perceive, already, with much sadness of heart," said Endicott, "a declension in that strictness of regimen which marked the earlier time. The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance We have tried thus to sketch that declension into paganism on the part of much of the present world, of which we spoke earlier in the chapter. Preaching and Paganism Then he settled down to the first Latin declension—Musa, a muse; vocative, Musa, O muse!; genitive, Musae, of a muse. The Ship of Stars While it is impossible to tell whether a noun is masculine, feminine, or neuter, they use one adjective for all four declensions, changing its form to suit each. History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens The following examples will give a sufficient idea of the commoner forms of declension in the classical West Saxon of the time of Ælfred. Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain These are nouns whose forms are partly of one declension, and partly of another. New Latin Grammar The new industrial order offered both the practical incentive and the theoretical justification for institutional declension from humane to primitive standards. Preaching and Paganism The price therefore of cattle, great and rapid as has been its past declension, must annually experience a still further diminution. Statistical, Historical and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales and its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land With a Particular Enumeration of the Advantages Which These Colonies Offer for Emigration, and Their Superiority in Many Respects Over Those Possessed by the United States of America Thine is the sovereignty of the heavens, thine is the sovereignty of the Earth, thou art the Northern and the Southern declensions. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 The commonest feminine declension is as follows:— Sing. Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain Several nouns, while belonging in the main to one declension, have certain special forms belonging to another. New Latin Grammar Here is a major cause for the declension of the influence of Protestant church services. Preaching and Paganism That man is regarded as righteous who meets with dissolution when the Sun is in the northern declension, and at a time and under a constellation both of which are sacred and auspicious. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 The language remains in a primitive state, without inflexion, declension, or distinction of parts of speech. Myths and Legends of China He sat by and exercised me in Latin declensions while I dressed. Lazarre The principles for determining their gender are given under the separate declensions. New Latin Grammar The old Free Stater mentioned before expressed the expectation that the present war and trials will tend to check that declension, and in that way prove to have a compensating character for good. Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed (2nd ed.) The Conspiracy of the 19th Century Unmasked To continue—after Seventh Avenue the declension was frank. Your United States Impressions of a first visit The expulsion of the Spanish vessels must certainly have been one cause, if not of the first declension of the exports, yet of their continuance in their reduced state. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) It is only because I have now to finish his story that I have mentioned my regrettable declension on to the staff. Tell England A Study in a Generation An Adjective of the second declension used substantively may be employed as a Genitive of the Whole; as, nihil bonī, nothing good. b. New Latin Grammar To shew that these declensions are foretold, and that we may expect yet greater abominations, than have hitherto appeared, is attempted in the following discourse. Sermons on Various Important Subjects Architecturally the houses represent a declension from the purity of earlier Cambridge. Your United States Impressions of a first visit The nouns have only one declension, or rather are indeclinable, the numbers and cases being marked by various particles; but each, in this way, has the singular, dual, and plural, like the Greek. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Spitefully predicting failure from this terrible declension of the drama, we went, in a mood intensely ill-natured, to witness how the “Horse of the Pyrenees” would behave himself at Sadler’s Wells. Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 1, July 31, 1841 But Adjectives of the third declension agree directly with the noun they limit; as, nihil dulcius, nothing sweeter. New Latin Grammar Yea that the declensions will continue and increase, "till all flesh shall become corrupt, and the earth be filled with violence!" Sermons on Various Important Subjects The force which produces them causes them to rise throughout their growth up to a certain point, and then to descend more gradually in a long and slanting line of regular declension. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series Why this steady declension, with which, considering the character of Cecilia, the court sojourn can have had nothing to do? The English Novel For this very reason the declensions are more perfect in Slavic than in German and Greek; for the different cases, as in Latin, are distinguished by suffixed syllables or endings. Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations Regularly in the Singular of names of towns and small islands of the first and second declensions, to denote the place in which; as,— Rōmae, at Rome; Corinthī, at Corinth; Rhodī, at Rhodes. New Latin Grammar From those declensions, arguments are drawn against the truth of Christianity. Sermons on Various Important Subjects The declension of these plurals is according to the rules before given. Grammatical Sketch of the Heve Language Shea's Library of American Linguistics. Volume III. The declension of a gunman, if once it begins, is rapid and sure. A Man Four-Square For the declensions of adjectives the Slavic has two principal forms, according as they are definite or indefinite. Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations In the next place I will present to you the declension of the personal pronouns, which declension you must commit to memory before you proceed any farther. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures If we keep these things in mind, we will not wonder at the declensions of religion and prevalence of infidelity. Sermons on Various Important Subjects The full declension of nouns is as follows:— SINGULAR. An English Grammar The past history of the Church bears clear testimony that truth has been frequently preserved, when it was in danger of being lost, by open separation from those who were bent on declension and apostacy. The Life of James Renwick A Historical Sketch Of His Life, Labours And Martyrdom And A Vindication Of His Character And Testimony They are an hour and twenty minutes now—a sore declension, as all will admit. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 The advantages resulting from the committing of the following declension, are so great and diversified, that you cannot be too particular in your attention to it. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Additional evidence will arise from a view of the prophecies relative to the great declensions which were to take place in the church, during the gospel day. Sermons on Various Important Subjects Interrogative pronouns, 72. declension of, 73. in indirect questions, 85. syntax of, 283. An English Grammar The others may be of use in degree, yet to prevent general defection and universal declension, God winnows the wheat. Sketches of the Covenanters Do you know, my friend, that the difference between the second and fourth declensions was solely invented by the grammarians for their own profit. Clementina By studying the declension you will learn, not only the cases of the pronouns, but, also, their genders, persons, and numbers. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures There may be partial revivals of religion, but no general reformation is to be expected; and after every refreshing, the declensions will probably be greater than before. Sermons on Various Important Subjects Who thinks of beginning Russian by studying the "aspects" of the verbs, or by committing to memory the 28 paradigms which German grammarians have devised on the analogy of Latin declensions? Cambridge Essays on Education The Church, as a whole, has invalidated and incapacitated herself for this responsibility, by weakness, declension, and compromise. Sketches of the Covenanters Notwithstanding this grievous declension, however, I was gratified at perceiving that the present occupants were not unconscious of the poetical renown of their mansion. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists As you have been analyzing nouns in their three cases, it becomes necessary to present, in the next place, the declension of nouns, for you must decline every noun you parse. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Then a more particular view of the great declensions which were to take place, with a special reference to the state of religion at the approach of the latter day glory. Sermons on Various Important Subjects Many of them, as D'Aubigne, Marsh, Rutter, Waddington, and others, point to the third century, or the latter half of the third century, as marking an unusual epoch in this declension. The Last Reformation He breasted the destructive flood of declension, and endured the buffeting of the waves. Sketches of the Covenanters A want of interest in the duties of secret devotion is a mark of religious declension. Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians A sad declension had taken place; therefore the declaration, "I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love." The Revelation Explained We may make the same remark respecting the declensions of Israel and Judah and the judgments which followed. Sermons on Various Important Subjects I know it is common for authors to represent the declension of Christianity to have taken place only after its external establishment under Constantine. The Last Reformation After ten years of prosperity came another declension. Sketches of the Covenanters A second sign of spiritual declension is indifference to the usual means of grace. Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians Sella, seat, of the first declension, is feminine, because almost all nouns ending in -a are feminine; hortus, garden, is masculine, because nouns in -us of its declension are mostly masculine, and so on. The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature These duties are much neglected; therefore the declension of religion, and the prevalence of vice. Sermons on Various Important Subjects The Synod of Scotland has for many years been in a; course of declension, in many respects very similar to that of America. Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive Antonyms: dissent, declension. assent, v. concur, acquiesce, concede, yield, consent. Putnam's Word Book The last indication of religious declension that we shall now speak of is a careless indifference to the danger arising from temptation. Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians Clarice resumed her playing, but as she neared the end of the nocturne, Drake perceived that there was a growing change, a declension, in her style. The Philanderers Several zealous and able reformers were raised up and advanced to power, whose influence was blessed to call back that people from their declensions, and prepare them for mercy. Sermons on Various Important Subjects Moral and political declension had doubtless been arrested by the good influence which had been brought to bear upon it; but it was impossible to avert its fall. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 From his time they date the declension of their nation. Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical He who is ready to tamper with temptation is on dangerous ground and in a sad state of declension. Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians The Ideal Commonwealth supposed established, is doomed to degradation and decay; passing through Timocracy, Oligarchy, Democracy, to Despotism, with a corresponding declension of happiness. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics Those which relate to the declensions of religion, which were to take place under the gospel dispensation, will now only be considered. Sermons on Various Important Subjects The gradual declension of property values in Brougham Street had been a danger that each year grew more menacing. The Price of Love Rask also gave the paradigm of three Zend nouns, belonging to different declensions, as well as the right pronunciation of the Zend letters, several of which had been incorrectly given by Anquetil. Sacred Books of the East A fourth sign of a state of declension in spirituality is an unwillingness to receive Christian counsel or reproof. Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians It's easy to make mistakes enough on Spanish verbs and declensions to throw a fellow down and out. Dick Prescotts's Fourth Year at West Point Ready to Drop the Gray for Shoulder Straps IF the declensions which we witness, are foretold in scripture, they are no occasion of surprize. Sermons on Various Important Subjects Why do children sometimes write more poorly, or make more mistakes in addition, or in their conjugations or declensions, at the end of the period than they do at the beginning? How to Teach And the declension of Flaubert is one of the outstanding phenomena of modern French criticism. The Author's Craft A third indication of declension in the Christian life is a devotion to the world. Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians So much must be said in extenuation of our nymph-like damsel's apparent subjection to levity—a declension which, in the sequel and in certain quarters, went neither unnoticed nor undeplored. Deadham Hard And when we consider the assurances given us, that these declensions were to antecede the universal prevalence of true religion; they may also serve to increase our hope. Sermons on Various Important Subjects Let them, in short, be treated just as the Marshpee tribe have been, I think there will soon be a declension of morals and population. Indian Nullification of the Unconstitutional Laws of Massachusetts Relative to the Marshpee Tribe Or, the Pretended Riot Explained But is it a sin to fear sin?—the declension of one's own best will, the staining of one's purest feeling? Fenwick's Career But still, although they had now traversed the chasm for seventy or eighty miles, they found no close and no declension to its solemn grandeur. Overland "But," persisted Rose, "isn't that simply a possible proof of the general declension of force?" Father Payne This was the first great declension which was to be permitted in the church. Sermons on Various Important Subjects Inflection of nouns or pronouns for the purpose of denoting case is termed declension. Composition-Rhetoric "That is the grievous declension our master weeps over," said the monk. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 52, February, 1862 Every publication is a new period of time, from which some increase or declension of fame is to be reckoned. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 04 The Adventurer; The Idler The declension of poetry in Greece and Rome was soon followed by that of liberty and empire; according to Roscommon in his Essay on Translated Verse. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume IV Thus do they forsake their own enumeration of cases, as they had before, in all their declensions, forsaken the new order in which they had at first so carefully set them! The Grammar of English Grammars Such a change or inflection, in the case of the noun, is called declension; in the case of the verb it is called conjugation. Composition-Rhetoric We have been, in spite of momentary declensions, on a flood tide of high profits and a roaring trade, and there is nothing like a roaring trade for engendering latitudinarians. On Compromise The praise of such men is the strongest testimony that could be adduced to the declension of the Society of Friends in anti-slavery zeal. A Visit to the United States in 1841 And the declension appears to me to consist in this,—there is more gastronomy and expanse, but less heartiness and hospitality; and these latter are the only legitimate characteristics of Englishmen. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 289, December 22, 1827 It has been shown in the third chapter, that he and she are sometimes used as nouns; and that, as such, they may take the regular declension of nouns, making the plurals hes and shes. The Grammar of English Grammars "Not coming?" said Bob, with a sudden declension in his high spirits; for he had been Tim's blood horse all the way from church, and had come home rampant. Ten Boys from Dickens Nouns are of three declensions, three genders, three numbers, and five cases, all indicated by changes of termination. Greek in a Nutshell The purposes of declension are answered by particles and prepositions. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Of Greek he knew nothing, save the letters and the first declension of nouns; but in May he began to read in earnest at a farmhouse. Men of Invention and Industry Pronouns, being different in their declension, do not need it, and should therefore always be written without it. The Grammar of English Grammars In these days of flaccid patriotism and moral declension in public life, his example may well stimulate and inspire. James Otis, the pre-revolutionist You know that poem of Longfellow's, sir, that sounds exactly like the first declension. Tono Bungay The languages of New Zealand, Tonga, and Malay have no declension of nouns, nor conjugation of verbs. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers "Fancy the poor little devils looking up from their Latin declensions and seeing Miss Light standing there!" Roderick Hudson This I deny; and the reader may see my reasons, in the observations upon the declension of pronouns. The Grammar of English Grammars There must have been, however, a gradual declension towards it, although the pain which followed upon this has almost obliterated the recollection of preceding follies. Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood Rightly or wrongly, I concluded that the more indulgence she cherished for Charley, the less she felt for his friend—that to him she attributed the endlessly sad declension of her darling brother. Wilfrid Cumbermede It is refreshing to find a person who, in reference to this language, knows the difference between the conjugation of a verb and the declension of a noun. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers A condition which of declension would indicate a devil, may of growth indicate a saint. Unspoken Sermons Series I., II., and II. The inflections which now compose the declensions and conjugations of the dead languages, and which indeed have ever constituted the peculiar characteristics of those forms of speech, must remain forever as they are. The Grammar of English Grammars The declension from this high estate might have been more abrupt but for the change in his fortunes. Poems Chiefly from Manuscript It is, in our censure of degenerate manners, the source of corruption, and the presage of national declension and ruin. An Essay on the History of Civil Society, Eighth Edition He has been known sometimes to breathe a deadly gas, with his finger on his pulse, to determine how much could be borne, before a serious declension occurred in the vital action. Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey They gave it auxiliary verbs,—that feeblest form of assistance to human eloquence,—and they took away its declensions. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics Thus he introduces a new class, unknown to his primary division of the pronouns, and not included in his scheme of their declension. The Grammar of English Grammars Like Hamlet— 'He, repulsed, Fell into sadness, then into a fast, Thence to a watch, thence into a weakness, Thence to a lightness; and, by this declension, Into the madness wherein now he raves.' The Life of John Clare The language is Greek in origin, but the intricate inflections and the declensions have been thrown away, and it has kept only the simplest forms. Through the Eye of the Needle A Romance In times of religious declension, the few who still are true are mostly in obscure corners, and live quiet lives, like springs of fresh water rising in the midst of a salt ocean. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke Thou art just in the twilight at present, When woman's declension begins; When, fading from all that is pleasant, She bids a good night to her sins. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes This doctrine gives us a form of declension that is both complex and deficient. The Grammar of English Grammars Didst thou ever hear the vulgar proverb, Happy is the physician whose coming is desired at the declension of a disease? Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 A failure to tender it is deemed a grave breach of hospitality and an insult; and a declension to partake of it would be regarded as a breach of etiquette. Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines Again, the nature of man is the same in all men and at all periods of history for its essential elements, but admits of wide, accidental variation and declension for the worse. Moral Philosophy Norman-French influence helped to make the language simpler, by ridding it of the cumbersome declensions and conjugations which it had in common with all Teutonic tongues. Early European History The declension of a noun is a regular arrangement of its numbers and cases. The Grammar of English Grammars He exerted the same vigour of mind, the same energy in his looks and discourse; and even sometimes studied to be gay, by it to hide his declension however notorious. The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; With His Account of Germany, and Life of Agricola She must now be middle-aged, but the decay of physical beauty is not so sad a spectacle as the mind's declension. Memoirs of My Dead Life Regularly perform thy prayer at the declension of the sun, at the first darkness of the night, and the prayer of daybreak; for the prayer of daybreak is borne witness unto by the angels. The Koran (Al-Qur'an) Or perhaps his midsummer's music had reached its highest point, and was now in its declension. Birds in Town and Village But with the words English, French, Dutch, Scotch, Welsh, Irish, and in general all such as would acquire an additional syllable in their declension, the case is otherwise. The Grammar of English Grammars Had he been able to foresee such a rapid declension, he would have taken her away long ago, and let come of her feelings what might. The Marquis of Lossie Nothing saddens me more than those who have aged prematurely, for the cause of premature ageing is generally a declension of the mind. Memoirs of My Dead Life Spiritual declension, all unconscious of its own existence, is the very history of hundreds of nominal Christians amongst us, and, I dare say, of some of us. Expositions of Holy Scripture Form the compound personal pronouns, and write their declension. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room The different pronouns in English are twenty-four; and their variations in declension are thirty-two: so that the number of words of this class, is fifty-six. The Grammar of English Grammars "Not coming!" said Bob, with a sudden declension in his high spirits; for he had been Tim's blood-horse all the way from church, and had come home rampant. De La Salle Fifth Reader So you are still at the declension of Rosa? Chantecler Play in Four Acts Refusal -- N. refusal, rejection; noncompliance, incompliance†; denial; declining &c. v.; declension; declinature†; peremptory refusal, flat refusal, point blank refusal; repulse, rebuff; discountenance. recusancy, abnegation, protest, disclaimer; dissent &c. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases For example, the beginner in German must learn nouns, case endings, declension of adjectives, days of the week; in short, a vast number of new things all at once. How to Use Your Mind A Psychology of Study: Being a Manual for the Use of Students and Teachers in the Administration of Supervised Study If the declension of English nouns is ever to be amended, it cannot be done in this way. The Grammar of English Grammars The conversation would have been held, of course, in French-Spanish-African—Creole patois, a language which is becoming fixed, with its own grammar and declensions, etc. At Last And now, in her declension, she was still perfect of speech. Hilda Lessways I would only teach the declensions of nouns, and the inflexions of verbs. Four Early Pamphlets "Not coming!" said Bob, with a sudden declension in his high spirits; for he had been Tim's blood-horse all the way from church, and had come home rampant,—"not coming upon Christmas day!" Short Stories Old and New The declension of a pronoun is a regular arrangement of its numbers and cases. The Grammar of English Grammars There are tremendous cases of declension on record, which establish this point beyond the possibility of debate. The Young Mother Management of Children in Regard to Health We are to owe henceforward our power to epidemical diseases, our wealth to the declension of our commerce, and our security to riot and to tumult. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 11. Parlimentary Debates II. In women, the onset of an obesity, and coincidently, of a lazy and dull morale, coincides with this declension of the pituitary powers. The Glands Regulating Personality The disease of cow-pox generally takes twenty days to complete its course; in other words, the maturity and declension of the pustule takes that time to fulfil its several changes. The Book of Household Management But, according to Note 1st under Rule 4th, "In the syntax ef the possessive case, its appropriate form, singular or plural, should be observed, agreeably to the sense and declension of the word." The Grammar of English Grammars Now the Church gloried over the declension of Judaism. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 The Later Renaissance: from Gutenberg to the Reformation We shall find that they have increased by the declension of the house of Austria, which treaties and our interest engage us to support. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 11. Parlimentary Debates II. The reason why there need be no declension in love is because the highest point of development is never attained. How to Live a Holy Life Le Jeune's ink froze, and his fingers were benumbed, as he toiled at his declensions and conjugations, or translated the Pater Noster into blundering Algonquin. The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century "The nonsense about which's relating to things only, and having no declension, needs no refutation." The Grammar of English Grammars They have no declensions or conjugations, like those of the languages of the Caucasian peoples. General History for Colleges and High Schools Such was the effect upon the declension of the Roman empire from the vast extent of its territory. The Caesars Nor was it many ages ere these prognostications of declension were fully verified. Waverley Novels — Volume 12 It ends either in complete religious declension amounting, sometimes, to apostacy on the one hand, or infinitely better, in the entire sanctification of the heart and complete deliverance from inbred sin. The Theology of Holiness Write together in declension the following pronouns, according to the agreement of each two: I myself, thou thyself, he himself, she herself it itself. The Grammar of English Grammars "Yes, he swims around most of the time in a sea of declensions, conjugations, and syntaxes, in Greek, Latin and English." A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill And no doubt this last article in the policy of Commodus was that which led Gibbon to assign to this reign the first rudiments of the Roman declension. The Caesars |
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