| 单词 | inflexion |
| 例句 | She looked at me, then she spoke rapidly to the little girl in Italian, with a rising inflexion, then a pause, interrogatory. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z His years, like the depths of his blue eyes and the inflexions of his musical voice, were non-committal. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Early Blues singers moulded tunes with African inflexions in them on to chords borrowed from American hymns, parlour, folk and vaudeville songs. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “After all, where do hit the inflexion point on inclusiveness?” he asks. The Gays And The Tech Industry: An Inclusive and Complicated Relationship 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z But after a decade of rapid growth, the success might be at an inflexion point. Portugal's tech boom challenged by tax change 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z “Soreness, swelling is down. It’s just a matter of extension, inflexion and if the pain is gone basically with the bone bruise. Nothing structural. It’s legitimately day to day.” Pair of 7s: Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns happy to be home 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z “In the long history of our relations with the UK, related to Gibraltar, today we’re facing an inflexion point.” Spain and UK reach draft deal on post-Brexit status of Gibraltar 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z There has not been, they say, a specific inflexion point at which it can be said that the euro zone has recovered and is off on a growth tear. Euro zone economy: real recovery or another Sirens' song? 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z "At the moment, nobody feels the need to buy and the price is lower every day. We are still waiting for the inflexion point," Molyneux said. Desperate uranium miners switch to survival mode despite nuclear rebound 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z He has the help of his mobile face and hands, and of his voice, with its various inflexions and its variable pace, whereby he may insinuate fine shades of meaning . . . but the writer? The Diminutive Genius of Max Beerbohm 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z Psychologists will also study the recording to listen for voice inflexions to see if the pilots were drunk or impaired, tired or angry with each other. How investigators will determine why Germanwings jet crashed 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Bottom line: Sales effectiveness is going through an inflexion point driven by rapid advances in cloud computing platforms and applications. Five Ways Cloud Platforms Are Extending Sales Effectiveness 2014-01-27T11:00:00Z We are seeing an inflexion point with solar now approaching grid parity. Universal Solar's On-Line Process Makes Buying Residential Solar Easier 2013-06-21T15:03:00Z Has her death come as an inflexion point in India's history, which will force the government to enact tougher laws and people to begin seriously thinking about the neglect of women? How India treats its women 2012-12-29T11:41:12Z The attitude of the Baroness towards her husband has a different inflexion of meaning; it is frigidly polite, but with a more evident shade of aversion. Spiritual Adventures 2012-02-17T03:00:27.070Z "You do not expect me to leave, now that I know that he is to be here so soon?" the rising inflexion alone conveying the idea of interrogation. A Singular Metamorphosis 2012-02-01T03:00:10.613Z With the sorrowful inflexion of the voice was blended a satiric intonation which seemed to strike some of those who heard as with a thong. A Second Coming 2011-11-29T03:00:16.693Z The inflexion or dip of the couloir was slight, not above 25 feet, the inclination near 35°. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z Susceptible even as Mrs. Lemon was he made no secret of the fact that Lady Agatha’s voice was music to him, his ear being much more accessible than his own inflexions would have indicated. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z In Madame Wtorkowska's salon he took no active part in the conversation, but contented himself by throwing in here and there a "yes" which was only varied by the inflexion. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z The change, in both languages, is a change from one kind of inflexion to another. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z To repeat, though: this is a key inflexion point in the PC industry. What does HP's PC purge mean for computer users? 2011-08-19T12:34:44Z Who could resist you?” she parenthesised with an inflexion of tender pride. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z “You don’t like her?” he asked, exaggerating, in spite of himself, the interrogative inflexion. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z An actress in every glance, every movement, even in the inflexions of her voice! The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z Not a movement of her hand, a turn of her head, an inflexion of her voice, but has its signification and produces its effect. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z The question had the force of stubborn purpose through its very monotony, a monotony of inflexion no less than of repetition. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z The single syllable of assent carried the rising inflexion of enquiry as well. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z My small nephews, when I first came home, hadn’t gone back to school, and it distressed me to see that, though they’re charming children, they had the vocal inflexions of little news-boys. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z Rotha learned the parts of speech, and their distinctions and inflexions; also, as far as her mother could recollect them, the rules of syntax. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z The only case inflexion is -n for the objective. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z I, who know every change of Mr L——'s countenance, every inflexion of his voice, every turn of his mind, can see too plainly what she cannot discern. Leonora 2011-03-22T02:00:21.627Z I began to catch at something—inflexions, accent—till suddenly, like a runner who rounds a corner and sees his goal unexpectedly before him, my memory saw a name—Harland! The Black Eagle Mystery 2011-03-07T03:00:12.497Z The examples given illustrate also the few principles of inflexion and word-formation that are reasonably certain, for example, the various “genitival” endings. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z If the nose be not nearly in the same direction with the forehead, or if more than a slight inflexion is to be seen. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z When he spoke in English his inflexion was as pure as a typical Midlander; his knowledge of British habits and customs was profound. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z Dialect, p. x; short vowels, p. xi; long vowels, p. xii; inflexions, p. xiii. Torrent of Portyngale 2011-02-11T03:00:28.940Z Miss Ponsonby, who was not an American, had once performed in the same company as Miss Lee White, and had caught an inflexion or two. What Not A Prophetic Comedy 2011-02-09T03:00:50.423Z He had said nothing, only showed by his manner, by his countenance, every inflexion of which she knew so well, that he disliked this increasing intimacy with her cousin. The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation 2011-02-06T03:01:00.547Z The spine of the back has not either the minuter prominences or the general inflexions which favor the action of the extensor muscles, a circumstance which is opposed to standing perpendicularly during the first months. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z They differ only in those grammatical inflexions in which various words of the same language differ. Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human Race 2011-02-06T03:00:56.253Z The inflexions of the adjectives have totally disappeared. Torrent of Portyngale 2011-02-11T03:00:28.940Z But I should have made good my negligence, if"----the young heir frowned and his voice took a sharper inflexion, "if your Ulric had not been the man he is. Success and How He Won It 2011-01-23T03:00:12.077Z But with the obscuring of culture during the barbarian invasions this current Latin became more and more oblivious of even such elements of form as grammatical inflexions and concords. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z But in his eyes, which had always remained young, there was seen a faint inflexion, of surprise, as though for the first time they had looked into the deeper life. Dr. Adriaan 2010-12-29T03:00:33.467Z The man charged with building Rupert Murdoch's paywalls, News Corp's chief digital officer, Jonathan Miller, reckons the iPad is an "inflexion point". Apple's iPad may give media executives a chance to make money 2010-03-29T06:00:00Z From this inquiry into the sounds and inflexions, the following conclusions can be drawn: The development of ă is of no use in fixing the dialect. Torrent of Portyngale 2011-02-11T03:00:28.940Z The Tasmanians spoke a fairly copious agglutinating language, well marked as to parts of speech, syntax and inflexion. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" "Of course not," he affirmed with almost an inflexion of puritanical rigour. Sinister Street, vol. 1 The transcriber prefers not to change anything the author wrote, as a slightly different spelling may also imply a slightly different inflexion. Accolon of Gaul with Other Poems "Isn't the meaning of every word merely a matter of inflexion?" The Gambler A Novel As for the inflexion -n, it only occurs in slon and shon, and of this very word the plural in n is to be met with even in Northern writers. Torrent of Portyngale 2011-02-11T03:00:28.940Z It is rhetoric in the leader of extempore prayer; studied inflexions in the conductor of liturgical service; animal excitement, or sentimental pensiveness, or assent which is merely vocal, among the worshippers. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus Her voice sank with an inflexion of sorrow. Love's Usuries To make themselves, therefore, understood by their fellows, required merely a few movements of the body or limbs—whistling, and the uttering of certain cries varied by the inflexions of the voice. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Caught by the inflexion of her voice, Gore looked at her more closely through the gathering dusk. The Gambler A Novel The pseudo-participle seems, by its inflexion, to have been the perfect of the original Semitic conjugation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" Well, gentlemen," said the Home Secretary, with the smallest inflexion on the latter word, "I promised to see you. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) And yet, even as the words leave our lips, words so sincerely consoling, we seem to catch in our voice an unintentional inflexion of deriding scepticism. Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions It was the Delaware tongue, all right, but with inflexions and nuances strange to me. Call Him Savage On settling comfortably in his ring, he made me a low bow, and cried with a naïve inflexion of voice—"Your humble servant!" Eyes Like the Sea The inflexions rapidly disappeared and little was left of the distinctions between masculine and feminine, singular, dual and plural—except in the pronouns. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" A comparative absence of grammatical inflexions, and a disproportionate preponderance of monosyllabic words, characterize the language of China. The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies This was said with such a strange inflexion of voice, so sharp and so strident that Luis shivered. The Grandee The different inflexion of voice helped Gwen against that perplexing sense of her likeness to her twin, which would assert itself whenever she became silent. When Ghost Meets Ghost There is, perhaps, no better test for distinguishing these dialects from one another than the verbal inflexions of the plural number in the present tense, indicative mood. Early English Alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century Her voice came to him expressionlessly—without any inflexion. The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court He noted every change in her face, every sad inflexion in her voice, and at once there came back to him the conversation he had held with Mrs. Harrington. A Noble Woman In spite of the kind smile on her face, there were certain strange inflexions in her voice that were only noticeable to one person present at that moment. The Grandee The form of phrase, the inflexion of voice, the dancing light of humour, make up the motley which is the true jester’s ‘only wear’; and under his flashes of merriment is a sober, sound philosophy. The Battle of the Bays It is the constant and systematic employment of these inflexions, and not their occasional use that must be taken as the criterion of dialectical varieties. Early English Alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century Pure liquid tone, the inflexions suggested rather than insisted on, clear phrasing and an avoidance of all extravagance are the hall marks of an artist, and not the possession of brilliant technique alone. The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use 'The Strad' Library, No. III. And there was an appreciative inflexion in the speech. The Rainbow The inflexion of the Rays of Lights in the Air; the Fixt stars; the Moon. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 Giving some Accompt of the present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in many considerable parts of the World The sounds and various inflexions incidental to languages in general, are not necessary to be attended to in the study of the Chinese characters. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton The corresponding Southern verbal inflexion -eth never occurs; while the Midland -en is only occasionally met with in the third person plural present, and has been introduced by a later copyist. Early English Alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century In no respect has greater accuracy been attained than in the reproduction of the Australian vernacular, that odd compound of English, Irish, Scotch, and American phrases and inflexions, with its slender admixture of original terms. Australian Writers The Latin of the fourth period and the Greek agree in retaining, in many cases, original inflexions rather than adopting the English ones; in other words, they agree in being but imperfectly incorporated. A Handbook of the English Language Then possibly, in response to a threat of an inflexion in her friend's waiting countenance, "I should say, when I make use of the expression 'pointed out,' perhaps I ought to say 'conveyed to him.'" Somehow Good The sound is made by dwelling on the first syllable, and pronouncing the second with a short, sharp, rising inflexion. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia Opticks: or, A treatise of the reflexions, refractions, inflexions and colours of light. The Library of William Congreve Other unexplained forms are found in the verbal inflexions, e.g. d, it, and t, "I" or "me"; d-akus-t, "it see I" = I see it; d-arrai-t, "it follows me." Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" That it has a direct ratio to the date of the introduction, i.e., the more recent the word the more likely it is to retain its original inflexion. A Handbook of the English Language If you want people not to know things, you mustn't have delicate inflexions of voice. Somehow Good The Sydney blacks modulated this cry with successive inflexions; the Tasmanian uttered it with less art. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia He asked the question with such a gentle inflexion of the voice that I felt a softer chord was touched, and in response I shook hands with him. The Iron Pirate A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea I shall invert these changes, using the newer form of inflexion, and the modern spelling: with no other variation whatever. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II Former.—This is a remarkable word: it is a comparative derived from the Anglo-Saxon superlative, and its analysis is for-m-er, with excess of inflexion. A Handbook of the English Language It is an uncultivated and formal tongue, with monosyllabic roots and rude inflexions totally different from the neighboring languages of Syria and Arabia, totally opposite to the copious and polished Sanscrit. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 He remembered every trait in de Marmont's face, every inflexion of his voice as he said with almost cruel cynicism: "She will learn to love me in time." The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days The inflexion in the word just cited is due to the rules of Sanskrit grammar. A Manual of the Malay language With an Introductory Sketch of the Sanskrit Element in Malay Had Behmen been the least of a scholar, he would not have divided sulph-ur and merc-ur-i-us as he has done: and the inflexion us, that boy of all work, would have been rejected. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II This was said with a sullen inflexion in her voice. The Trader's Wife 1901 The distinction between a system of inflexion and one of affixes and prefixes is not permanent. Notes and Queries, 1850.12.21 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. But the daily irony of her greeting had the grace, the cordial inflexion, of a piece of distinguished politeness. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories Owing to the absence of inflexion, the composition of simple sentences in Malay offers few difficulties. A Manual of the Malay language With an Introductory Sketch of the Sanskrit Element in Malay And as she took this to be a challenge, she leaned back in her chair and said "Isabel Irish" with very little charity of inflexion. Men of Affairs A few movements of the body, a few simple cries and whistles, or inflexions of voice, would suffice for their purpose. Evolution, Old & New Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, as compared with that of Charles Darwin What we call the inflexions of the Greek verb were once, no doubt, affixes; but while, in the Greek, they have become incorporated with the root, in the Coptic they stand rigidly apart from it. Notes and Queries, 1850.12.21 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. He does not mean, by the phrase, the serenity of mind which prosperity produces, nor any other abstract inflexion or suggestion of the figure. Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States The Sydney blacks modulated this cry, with successive inflexions; the Tasmanian uttered it with less art. The History of Tasmania , Volume II The charming girl is not quite straight; but there is a light and gentle inflexion in all her figure and her limbs that fills her with grace and truth. Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. The remnants of the old inflexions preserved in MHG. will be noted in the following paragraphs. A Middle High German Primer Third Edition I had read in some work of Herbert Spencer's that speech takes on tuneful inflexions whenever emotion comes into play. My Reminiscences "Ah!" exclaimed the Governor, with a curious rising inflexion. Blacksheep! Blacksheep! Middle English, 1250-1485.—Most of the inflexions of nouns and adjectives have in this period—between the middle of the thirteenth and the end of the fifteenth century—completely disappeared. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 “Ahoy—ah!” the last syllable in a sinking inflexion of the voice a few seconds after the first. Menhardoc The inflexion of the present is the same in both classes. A Middle High German Primer Third Edition He gave the words a most curious accent and inflexion, yet they were quite understandable to his listeners. The Girl in the Golden Atom Those who used to listen to his evangelical speeches in his own tongue sometimes wished he had learned a few nuances and inflexions in English. The Masques of Ottawa Causes of this Change.—Even before the coming of the Danes and the Normans, the English people had shown a tendency to get rid of some of their inflexions. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 To which the witty canon replied: "Puseyism, sir, is inflexion and genuflexion; posture and imposture; bowing to the east, and curtseying to the west." The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings The girl's inflexion was droll; it made him change colour. The Tragic Muse "Sure," answered Bittleson with an inflexion that spoke volumes as to his knowledge. On the Fringe of the Great Fight Then, as he made no rejoinder, only listening to the vocal inflexions that floated out of the house, she went on—"She's practising her speech." The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II) Tudor English, 1485-1603.—Before the end of the sixteenth century almost all our inflexions had disappeared. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 Spare, dry, hard, without a curve, an inflexion or a grace, she seemed to ask no odds in the battle of life and to be prepared to give none. The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II) There was an inflexion there—or very nearly. The Tragic Muse Adjectives take the same inflexions for number and case as the nouns they qualify, and are placed after them. The Wiradyuri and Other Languages of New South Wales Then comes a hideous corruption of his mother tongue, in which the foreign expressions are adorned with native inflexions in the most comical way. Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond The inflexions continue to drop off; and, in Chaucer at least, a larger number of French words appear. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 "Want to try a little inspiration?" he inquired, looking round on the circle with an encouraging inflexion. The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II) All I can say is that I listened to her conscientiously, and I didn't perceive in what she did a single nuance, a single inflexion or intention. The Tragic Muse This leaves the termination of the verb freer for the numerous inflexions. The Wiradyuri and Other Languages of New South Wales The power and inflexion of his voice at the word Graiâ were certainly very wonderful. Phineas Redux On the other hand, it has lost just as steadily in the number of its inflexions. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 His system consisted in drill, or the thorough practice of inflexions by the voice, of gesture, posture, and articulation. Stories of Achievement, Volume III (of 6) Orators and Reformers It is well known that the oceanic surface, and even the smaller surfaces of inland seas, produce decided inflexions of the isothermal lines. The Hurricane Guide Being An Attempt To Connect The Rotary Gale Or Revolving Storm With Atmospheric Waves. Pronouns take inflexion for number, person and case. The Wiradyuri and Other Languages of New South Wales He preached for nearly an hour, with frequent pauses and strange changes in the inflexion of the voice. Normandy Picturesque The natives discover that these inflexions are not so very important, if only they can get their meaning rightly conveyed to the foreigners. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 Another shorter and coarser cleft runs S. of this across an irregularly shaped bay or inflexion in the border of the Mare. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features Prayers and curses were audible, with the loose, wild inflexion of the man who is in the clutch of an overmastering fear. The Stolen Singer First, the nouns and adjectives have for the most part lost their inflexions, at least so far as the cases are concerned. Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain 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 Both parties, accordingly, come to see that the root of the word is the most important element; they stick to that, and they come to neglect the mere inflexions. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 A section on the S.E. exhibits an inflexion towards the centre. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features Owing to its system of inflexion and the possession of an 103 objective case, it is extremely flexible, and can put the words in almost any order, without obscuring the sense. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar To make up for this loss of inflexions, the language now employs a larger number of particles, and to some extent, of auxiliaries. Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain And she rattled the "r" with a strong rising inflexion, greatly impressing me with the high character of Ireland and of Cork in particular. The Life Story of an Old Rebel Vocabulary and Grammar.—The oldest English or Anglo-Saxon differs from modern English both in vocabulary and in grammar—in the words it uses and in the inflexions it employs. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 He had used the most telling inflexions of his persuasive voice in order to bring this about, but without success. The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century Ursula,' with a sudden passionate inflexion in his voice, 'you have no idea how she loved that poor boy, and how she suffered: it nearly killed her. Uncle Max Dicky left the door open, and that was how I heard a strangely familiar voice, with an inflexion of enforced calm and repression, suddenly address him from behind it. A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') We find traces of Norse words and the Norse accent and inflexions also on the Moray seaboard, on which the Norse gained a hold. Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time or, The Jarls and The Freskyns Every word is pure ordinary English; it is the dress—the spelling and the inflexions—that is quaint and old-fashioned. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 No one knew better than Count Pateroff how to use all the inflexions of his voice, and produce from the phrases he used the very highest interest which they were capable of producing. The Claverings There was something else, too, some easy tone of patronage, some familiar inflexion, which as a child she had hated. One Man in His Time Thus, when they are treating of solemn, or weighty matters, they terminate the verb and the noun by another inflexion, than what is used for trivial or common conversation. An Account of the Customs and Manners of the Micmakis and Maricheets Savage Nations, Now Dependent on the Government of Cape-Breton Verdi's music is not based, like the masters', upon the inflexions of the human voice under stress of sincere feeling, but upon figures and passages easily executed upon certain instruments. Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians Ancient English or Anglo-Saxon, 450-1100.—This form of English differed from modern English in having a much larger number of inflexions. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 It may mean that texts handed down in some Indian dialect which was neither Sanskrit nor Pali were rewritten with Sanskrit orthography and inflexions while preserving much of the original vocabulary. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 The language remains in a primitive state, without inflexion, declension, or distinction of parts of speech. Myths and Legends of China The deeper sulci visible externally correspond to the inflexions of the carpellary leaves; in addition to this, the centre of the dorsum of each of these is marked with a line. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries The figures would be dwarfed by the distances; stage whispers and the common inflexions of the speaking voice would be lost. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 The strong1 mode of inflexion has ceased to be employed for verbs that are new-comers, and the weak mode has been adopted in its place. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 Its inflexions are heavy and monotonous and the sentences lack concentration and variety. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 The conversation went on, every tone and inflexion distinctly audible above the noise of the storm. The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories Whether it is copious, we were not sufficiently acquainted with it to know; but it is certainly very imperfect, for it is almost totally without inflexion, both of nouns and verbs. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13 This freedom of the derivative from the root varies indefinitely in different words, and it very much complicates my present lesser statement of the literary advantage of phonetic variety in inflexions and derivatives. Society for Pure English, Tract 02 On English Homophones But the loss of inflexions which has taken place in the English language has resulted in depriving us of this advantage—if advantage it is. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 His masterly drawing follows the most delicate inflexion of the muscles and suggests the nervous system under the skin. The French Impressionists (1860-1900) They spent delicious hours, in which, without their tongues giving evidence of their passion, they displayed it constantly; a gesture, an inflexion of the voice sufficed, ay, even a silence. A Love Episode He had trained himself too long and too carefully to speak with that cold, ironic inflexion. The Dark House There was the same rising inflexion on the last word, suggestive of a shriek of horror, that Miriam had noticed in the station. The Wild Olive The inflexions of verbs are also greatly reduced in number. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 You have listened to his conversation and noted the inflexions of his voice, the attitudes he has assumed, so as to judge of his spirit, self-abandonment or gayety, his energy or his rigidity. Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations For the same reason of brevity, I have confined my observations to a part only of this part, viz. to words, considered with respect to their significations and inflexions. The Rowley Poems In the tones of their voices there is an impertinent inflexion. The Man Who Laughs It suggests caution in the comparison of vocabularies; since, by mistaking an inflexion or an affix for a part of the root, we may overlook really existing similarities. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 2 Monosyllables.—The stripping off of the inflexions of our language cut a large number of words down to the root. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 "Oh, that!" she said, as if the discrepancy had been fully explained by the inflexion of her voice upon the word. Red Axe Oh, I am the man, am?" put in Hank, with no very gratified inflexion in his voice; "and what if I am caught? The Boy Scouts of the Eagle Patrol Moliere had a bad voice, a disagreeable hiccough, and harsh inflexions. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 "Well, that was good enough, wasn't it?" said Jimmy, as Docker finished his narrative with a mournful downward inflexion of voice. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 18, 1919 Even before the coming of the Normans, the inflexions of our language had—as we have seen—begun to drop off, and it was slowly on the way to becoming an analytic language. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 "As the period has a beginning and end within itself it implies an inflexion." The Grammar of English Grammars The airs are rude and simple, consisting of but few inflexions. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 547, May 19, 1832 It is with the detail and qualification of a tradition as with the inflexions of a language; when another people takes it over the refinements disappear. An Englishman Looks at the World He is moreover marvellously ingenious in replacing the ordinary inflexions of nouns and verbs, as detailed in our grammars, by more exact analogies, or convenient forms of his own devising. The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (Rev. C. L. Dodgson) As early as the beginning of the thirteenth century, this dialect had thrown off most of the old inflexions, and had become almost as flexionless 243 as the English of the present day. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 "We almost uniformly confine the inflexion to the last or the latter noun." The Grammar of English Grammars The bar, or inflexion of the wall at the heel, by means of its close contact with the frog, communicates the outward movements of that organ to the wall of the hoof. Diseases of the Horse's Foot "Things going wrong again—is that the trouble?" he merely asked with a comforting inflexion. The Custom of the Country "Why should you not come?" asked Veronica, not unkindly, but with the least possible inflexion of impatience. Taquisara The absence of inflexions is probably due to the fact that the book is written in the East-Midland dialect. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 And that there is such a virtue, seems to follow from the reflexions and inflexions of the rays of light. Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author His cool, negligent undertone had no inflexions, but the strength of a powerful emotion made him ramble in his speech. Falk A Reminiscence All men love to listen to sweet sounds; but if this love be not quickened by such melodious inflexions as are familiar to the hearer, it cannot be converted into pleasure. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 There is music in the airy dance; music in poetry; music in the glance of a beautiful woman; music in the involutions and inflexions of numbers; above all, there is music in light! Philothea A Grecian Romance But, in a song called “The Story of Genesis and Exodus,” written about 1250, we find a greater number of inflexions. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 I am speaking for Mr. Schulz," a man's voice answered—rather a nasal voice with a shade of foreign inflexion—"he has had your letter. The Yellow Streak As to the inflexions of the voice, they are as numerous as the various passions it is capable of exciting. Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. And he wondered, because the inflection of her voice was English—not the exquisite imitation of the French inflexion which he had so often admired in her. The Incomplete Amorist When her aunt's voice dropped in speaking from the rather shrill, strained tone that was obviously not natural to her, Rachel heard the inflexions of her own voice. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 The grammar of his works shows English with a large number of inflexions still remaining. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 A thousand apologies, my dear Miss Trevert," he said in a soft, silky voice, a trifle nasal, with a touch of Continental inflexion, "for asking you to come out here to see me. The Yellow Streak I, who know every change of Mr. L——'s countenance, every inflexion of his voice, every turn of his mind, can see too plainly what she cannot discern. Tales and Novels — Volume 08 He specially emphasised freedom of gesture and inflexion. My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt Not only in pronunciation, but in grammatical inflexion, the beginnings of Italian here and there appear. Latin Literature This predominance was probably due to the fact that it, soonest of all, got rid of its inflexions, and became most easy, pleasant, and convenient to use. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 Spring gave cooling inflexions to the lady's voice and made her express herself with warmth and with a shamelessly libertine air. Cæsar or Nothing It is distinguished by harmony and energy of sound, richness and vigor of form, regularity of inflexion, and power of expression. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities He would then rehearse, word by word and gesture by gesture, with the inflexions and movements required. My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt I heard the words "claret," "sherry" with a tentative inflexion, and finally "beer" with its last letter changed to "ah." A Passionate Pilgrim The inflexions were first confused, then weakened, then forgotten, finally lost. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 When she spoke, her voice had certain falsetto inflexions that were very comical. Cæsar or Nothing This tongue, owing to an abundance of consonants, is lacking in euphony; it is deficient in distinction of gender, though it is redundant in cases and inflexions. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities He had the soul of a mediocre comedian who takes pains with the inflexions of his voice without caring about what they express, and, with anxious vanity, watches their effect on his audience. Jean-Christophe, Volume I And then after a moment and with a slight rising inflexion: "You're free?" A Passionate Pilgrim Many of the Old English inflexions still survive in his style. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 The inflexions of the coast follow these changes. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 For such a conjecture there is no other foundation than the fact that the Greek, like almost all southern languages, was pronounced with a greater musical inflexion than ours of the North. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature I would only teach the declensions of nouns, and the inflexions of verbs. Four Early Pamphlets "True, I had no opportunity of becoming acquainted with the qualities of her soul, but her countenance unmistakably expressed sweetness, modesty, and dignity, and the inflexions of her voice were a sure guaranty for refinement." A Romance of the Republic Her mouth became more and more delightful every time he studied it; her voice, even her method of speech, were entirely natural and with a peculiarly fascinating inflexion. The Cinema Murder This unequal distribution of land and water has the greatest influence on the distribution of heat over the surface of the globe, on the inflexions of the isothermal lines, and the climateric phenomena in general. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 The mutter had a rising inflexion of dubiety. Alias the Lone Wolf The root-word, without inflexion, alone is used where the name is employed in no connection with a verb, where in every terrestrial language the nominative would be employed. Across the Zodiac It will be a language with all the inflexions of verbs and nouns regular and all its constructions inevitable, each word clearly distinguishable from every other word in sound as well as spelling. A Modern Utopia He assented, but with an inflexion on the word "It's—organised." This Freedom Particular inflexions of the verb indicate beforehand the nature of the object, whether it be animate or inanimate, singular or plural. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 Certain occasions, again, when private matters were to be discussed, were heralded by "Miss Humfray," in an inflexion of voice that set Mary to fold her napkin and from the room. Once Aboard the Lugger Many things, which appear to us at present inflexions of a radical, have perhaps been in their origin affixes, of which there have barely remained one or two consonants. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 The geographical distribution of organic forms in curves of equal density of occupation represents in great degree the inflexions of the isothermal lines. Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence "I am SO fond of that child," sighs Signora Evelina, with the sweetest inflexion in her voice, "but she doesn't like me at all!" Stories by Foreign Authors: Italian Nor is there any word for ``Why,'' but queries are signified by the inflexion of the voice. Tales of War Like us, he laughs, cries, laments, shrieks, and groans, but he does not know how to combine these inflexions with speech or song. Emile They are devoid of that rapid movement, that interior life, to which the inflexion of the root is favourable, and which impart such charms to works of imagination. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 She turned away with a wide gesture and an upward inflexion of her voice. The Fortunate Youth "Did you address me, Monsignor?" he queried, in a voice rich with the musical inflexions of Southern France, "I am Gys Grandit!" The Master-Christian Osborne's tone in speaking of him was always the same: every word, every inflexion of the voice breathed out affection and respect—nay, even admiration! Wives and Daughters Like him, he instinctively hates strangers; in both are the same perverseness and obstinacy, same endurance of fatigue, same love of independence, same inflexion of the voice, same expression of feelings. Atlantis : the antediluvian world Those languages, the principal tendency of which is inflexion, are to the common observer less interesting than those which seem formed by aggregation. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 "The Bishop will be with us," she said, with an inflexion of pride in her tone; "he is over here just now on account of his wife's health, and has promised to take the chair." Herb of Grace It is out of the question then to suggest the dread of a false step on the edge of the rim which is so nimbly turned at each point of inflexion. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects He accompanies them to the garden and can be heard outside saying Goodnight in every inflexion known to parliamentary candidates. John Bull's Other Island She understood him; she was moved, too, by the inflexion of his voice. Under Two Flags These are examples of incorporation and agglutination in the grammatical system of languages which are justly cited as models of an interior development by inflexion. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 In placing the lecture before the public in print, it is impossible, by having recourse to any system of punctuation, to indicate the pauses, jerky emphases, and odd inflexions of voice which characterised the delivery. The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 1: Essays, Sketches, and Letters Indeed, when I had been here a few weeks, with opportunity of speaking daily with the people themselves, and learned to understand the intonations and vocal inflexions, I felt quite easy in speaking it. The Lady of the Shroud "Well!" said she aloud, and with an indescribable inflexion; and hid herself swiftly in impenetrable gloom. Hard Cash I know exactly what she says, and every inflexion of the tone in which she says it. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 "Shall I show the gentleman up, ma'am?" he asked with a slightly encouraging inflexion. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 The grammatical inflexions, the particles, the pronouns, and the prepositions are also mostly identical. History of Phoenicia It was to be read in that arrogant poise of the head, that scowling brow, the inflexion of that reverberating voice. Scaramouche God will recognize his angels by the inflexions of their voices and by their secret sighs. Eugenie Grandet So in language there are the cross influences of meaning and sound, of logic and grammar, of differing analogies, of words and the inflexions of words, which often come into conflict with each other. Cratylus "Give up—a—?" asked Lord Warburton, meeting her harsh inflexion with a very mellow one. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 "Adieu, adieu, adieu," she said, without the soul communicating one single intelligent inflexion to the word. Adieu Thus not only are there several Wotan themes, but each varies in its inflexions and shades of tone color according to its dramatic circumstances. The Perfect Wagnerite, Commentary on the Ring Yet she was touched also, and wondered half exultingly if any other woman had ever caught that particular deep inflexion of his shrill voice. The Glimpses of the Moon And each time she murmured with a rising inflexion: “Take this—and this—and this—” till suddenly her arms fell. 'Twixt Land and Sea |
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