Black R 1861 Students Manual.Pdf
THE STUDENT'S MANUAL I 1\ \. I I • ,_ 5 Lo~mos l'nIXTED IlY SPOTTISWOODE Ar-."D co, :t.""E\V·STREET SQUARE: THE STU·DENT'S MANUAL DUNG AN. ETYMOLOGICAL AND EXPLANATORY VOCABULARY ill' WORDS DElUVED FROM THE GREEK BY R. HARRISON BLACK, LL.D. CI So many of our most expressive words arc derived Crom tho Greek, that without some Imo\Vlcdge of that language, or at least of the compounds adopted from it, we lose aU the beauties and ingenuity of our terms of art or science; which, for want of the interesting associations which a knowledge of their origin would create, appear to us a mere jumble of letters tlllmcaningly put to. gether, and of arbitrary sounds." NEW EDITION LONDON J,ONGMA.N, GREEN,· LONGMA.N,' AND ROBERTS 1861 .. , - ~I, ~ 1 , , PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION. IN the preceding editions of this little book, the words were not given in the Greek cha racters, because it was intended for the use of young persons, particularly' ladies, who were not likely to pursue the study of that language; and who, when writing to a Mathe.. matical Instrument Maker for a Telescope or Microscope, would not require to write 'rEAE ,n~Cl.l'7I'E or1""1f...E-o-KQ7rE:Cl.', l\r')'~J(J(]'x.C,Jn£ or IVIntS'0~-ery.OT.'ElrJ, but the plain English letters. The Author has, however, since been honoured by com munications from several gentlemen engaged in teaching the Greek language, suggesting that if the Greek characters were added, the book-might be advantageously employed as an introduction to the knowledge of the Greek A 3 vi PREFACE.
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