Thus the
grammarian derives his name from the word 'grammar', and the courageous man from the word 'courage'.
or that he who errs in arithmetic or grammar is an arithmetician or
grammarian at the me when he is making the mistake, in respect of the mistake?
Could a linguist, could a
grammarian, could even a mathematician have seen what she did, have witnessed their appearance together, and heard their history of it, without feeling that circumstances had been at work to make them peculiarly interesting to each other?How much more must an imaginist, like herself, be on fire with speculation and foresight!especially with such a groundwork of anticipation as her mind had already made.
(28) Apollonius `the Crabbed' was a
grammarian of Alexandria under Hadrian.
I replied that I had been educated as a
grammarian and a poet, but that my great gift was writing.
His name is mentioned by Avienus; by Suidas, a celebrated critic, at the close of the eleventh century, who gives in his lexicon several isolated verses of his version of the fables; and by John Tzetzes, a
grammarian and poet of Constantinople, who lived during the latter half of the twelfth century.
1 English Grammar (1795), by Lindley Murray (1745-1826), the most authoritative American
grammarian of his day.
How wearisome the
grammarian, the phrenologist, the political or religious fanatic, or indeed any possessed mortal whose balance is lost by the exaggeration of a single topic.
'Think of who?' inquired Mrs Squeers; who (as she often remarked) was no
grammarian, thank Heaven.
The original version of the Hamlet story is a brief narrative in the legendary so-called 'Danish History,' written in Latin by the Dane Saxo the
Grammarian about the year 1200.
'tis a graceful beast, more considerable no doubt, for it's neatness than for its size, but ingenious, subtle, and lettered as a
grammarian! Let us see, my Djali, hast thou forgotten any of thy pretty tricks?
I have, therefore, received a very good education, and have been treated by these kidnappers very much as the slaves were treated in Asia Minor, whose masters made them
grammarians, doctors, and philosophers, in order that they might fetch a higher price in the Roman market." Monte Cristo smiled with satisfaction; it appeared as if he had not expected so much from M.