Epea Pteroenta., Or, The Diversions of Purley, Volume 27, Part 1 |
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... his veneration for the memory of the antient poffeffor pass upon you for affection to the present . * The feat of William Tooke , Efq . near Croydon , Surrey . B H. Should H. Should you be altogether fo fevere upon my politics.
... his veneration for the memory of the antient poffeffor pass upon you for affection to the present . * The feat of William Tooke , Efq . near Croydon , Surrey . B H. Should H. Should you be altogether fo fevere upon my politics.
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... should only make you laugh . Such however as they are , they need not now to be defended by me : for they have stood the test of ages ; and they will keep their ground in the general commendation of the world , till men forget to love ...
... should only make you laugh . Such however as they are , they need not now to be defended by me : for they have stood the test of ages ; and they will keep their ground in the general commendation of the world , till men forget to love ...
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... should confine himfelt to thefe authors , and to those who , with Wilkins , have fince that time written profeffedly on this subject , would fall very short of the affistance he might have , and the leading hints and foundations of rea ...
... should confine himfelt to thefe authors , and to those who , with Wilkins , have fince that time written profeffedly on this subject , would fall very short of the affistance he might have , and the leading hints and foundations of rea ...
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... should com- municate to us the refult of your reflection ? H. With all my heart , if you chufe it fhould be fo , and think you fhall have patience to hear me through . I own I prefer instruction to correction , and had rather have been ...
... should com- municate to us the refult of your reflection ? H. With all my heart , if you chufe it fhould be fo , and think you fhall have patience to hear me through . I own I prefer instruction to correction , and had rather have been ...
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... should ever thoroughly understand the nature of the figns , unless we firft properly confider and arrange the things fignified . Whose fyftem of philofophy will you build upon ? H. What you fay is true . And yet I shall not begin there ...
... should ever thoroughly understand the nature of the figns , unless we firft properly confider and arrange the things fignified . Whose fyftem of philofophy will you build upon ? H. What you fay is true . And yet I shall not begin there ...
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adverb affertion againſt Aleran alfo almoſt alſo amongſt Anglo-faxon anſwer antient Article authority becauſe Boke Booke Caufe Cauſe Chaucer confequence Conjunction correfpondent corruption Daniſh defire derived diftinction diſtinguiſhing Douglas Dutch eaſily Effay Engliſh etymology euery faid fame manner fame word fays feem fentence fhall fignification figns firſt fome fomething fometimes font French ftill fubject fuch fufficient funt fupply fuppofe Gower Grammar Grammarians Greek Harris hath haue himſelf imperative inftances inſtead itſelf Johnſon Junius language langue laſt Latin leaſt lefs likewife Lord Monboddo loue meaning miſtake moſt muſt myſelf neceffary Noun obferve occafion paſt participle perfon philofophers pleaſe prefent prepofition Prol purpoſe qu'il quæ quod reaſon ſay Scaliger ſeem ſeparate ſhall ſhould Skinner ſpeech ſtill ſuch ſuppoſe Tale thare thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thyng Troylus underſtand underſtood uſed verb whan wyfe
Popular passages
Page 385 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do ; Not light them for themselves : for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not...
Page 68 - Men would in vain heap up names of particular things that would not serve them to communicate their thoughts. Men learn names, and use them in talk with others, only that they may be understood: which is then only done when by use or consent the sound I make by the organs of speech, excites in another man's mind who hears it the idea I apply it to...
Page 381 - ... or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance. It becomes me not to draw my pen in the defence of a bad cause, when I have so often drawn it for a good one.
Page 32 - But when, having passed over the original and composition of our ideas, I began to examine the extent and certainty of our knowledge, I found it had so near a connexion with words, that, unless their force and manner of signification were first well observed, there could be very little said clearly and pertinently concerning knowledge...
Page 318 - All, and the feweft ideas more than thofe we would communicate : and then by the help of the Prepofition, we either make up the deficiency in the one cafe, or retrench the fuperfluity in the other. For inftance, i. " A Houfe WITH a Party-wall? z. " A Houfe WITHOUT a roof" In the firft inftance, the complex term is deficient : The Prepofition directs to add what is wanting.
Page 208 - You pray; but it is not that God would bring you to the true religion.
Page 42 - They are all marks of some action, or intimation of the mind; and therefore to understand them rightly, the several views, postures, stands, turns, limitations, and exceptions, and several other thoughts of the mind, for which we have either none, or very deficient names, are diligently to be studied.
Page 69 - I alone having the ideas in my mind, the names of them could not be significant or intelligible to another, who was not acquainted with all those very particular things which had fallen under my notice.
Page 69 - When therefore we quit particulars, the generals that rest are only creatures of our own making, their general nature being nothing but the capacity they are put into by the understanding of signifying or representing many particulars. For the signification they have is nothing but a relation that by the mind of man is added to them.
Page 471 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life, but, for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.