Nuces philosophicæ; or, The philosophy of things as developed from the study of the philosophy of words

abstract idea absurd acquire action adjective admiral admiral's book Anglo-Saxon word animal answer arbitrary meaning argument Aristotle assertion become believe better brute called captains cause common conjunction dead duck desire disputes English word error etymology existence fact feel flag gible give Greek happiness hear Horne Tooke Horne Tooke's horse human instance intelligible knowledge language Latin language Latin word learned living Locke Lord Brougham Lord Monboddo manifestly mankind manner matter merely metaphysical midshipmen moral nature necessary never noun noun substantive observe opinion organs paraplegia past participle perfectly perform philosopher phrase possess prepositions pronounced prove Purley purpose question reason remember self-love sensation sense sentence ship signification sound speak speech stand suppose talk taste tell thincan thought tion true truth understand understood unintelligible universe verb virtue whole word mind word thing written xiphos yataghan