The Family friend [ed. by R.K. Philp].Robert Kemp Philp 1860 |
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... Adjectives , the 180 LESSONS IN FRENCH . • of the Gender in . 28 of Dimension -which are not 335 228 , 287 Prohibitory 120 · Prevarication . 308 Prejudice .308 Tonie 58 ་ Wilful 120 · DOMESTIC HINTS AND RECEIPTS . Arsenic , Antidote to ...
... Adjectives , the 180 LESSONS IN FRENCH . • of the Gender in . 28 of Dimension -which are not 335 228 , 287 Prohibitory 120 · Prevarication . 308 Prejudice .308 Tonie 58 ་ Wilful 120 · DOMESTIC HINTS AND RECEIPTS . Arsenic , Antidote to ...
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... adjectives of dif- ferent genders , relating to the same noun . Enfant , child . Enfant is masculine when it designates a boy , and feminine when it points out a ... adjective ; [ FROM COWPER . ] A RAVEN , while with 30 LESSONS IN FRENCH .
... adjectives of dif- ferent genders , relating to the same noun . Enfant , child . Enfant is masculine when it designates a boy , and feminine when it points out a ... adjective ; [ FROM COWPER . ] A RAVEN , while with 30 LESSONS IN FRENCH .
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... adjective changes its termination ; as , All the old people ; Toutes les vieilles gens . However , usage requires , in order to show its despotism , that the pronouns and adjectives which refer to that word should be in the masculine ...
... adjective changes its termination ; as , All the old people ; Toutes les vieilles gens . However , usage requires , in order to show its despotism , that the pronouns and adjectives which refer to that word should be in the masculine ...
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... adjective cannot be joined ; as , raising , le lever , retiring , le coucher , drinking , le boire , sleeping , le dormir , & c . But those to which an adjective may be joined , have the two numbers ; as , dining , le diner , laughing ...
... adjective cannot be joined ; as , raising , le lever , retiring , le coucher , drinking , le boire , sleeping , le dormir , & c . But those to which an adjective may be joined , have the two numbers ; as , dining , le diner , laughing ...
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... adjective remains unchanged , on account of euphony in pronounciation . When , in compound nouns , there is a word which is never used by itself , this word is considered as an adjective , and takes the plural : as in , Wary angle , pie ...
... adjective remains unchanged , on account of euphony in pronounciation . When , in compound nouns , there is a word which is never used by itself , this word is considered as an adjective , and takes the plural : as in , Wary angle , pie ...
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adjective animal appearance Baalbec beautiful Berlin wool bird blind body called ch 1 L child colour creatures crochet Damascus dear Dervish England English eyes father feel feet Ferris flowers Flustra George George Fielding girl give habit hand happy head heard heart horse inches kind king labour Lady Randal leave Lebanon letter light live look loop marriage means ment mind morning mother mucous membrane muslin Nahr-el-Kelb nature Nelly never night Nina Gordon noun o'er passed person piece plural poor present round Saracens seen side singular smile soon sound stitch sweet Syria teeth tell thee thing thou thought tion town trees Tsiamma turn voice Walter Evans whole wife wild woman words young
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