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... give you that answer to escape the difcuffion of a disagreeable , dry sub- ject , remote from the course of his studies and the objects . of his inquiry and purfuit ? By his general expreffion of— what is commonly called Learning — and ...
... give you that answer to escape the difcuffion of a disagreeable , dry sub- ject , remote from the course of his studies and the objects . of his inquiry and purfuit ? By his general expreffion of— what is commonly called Learning — and ...
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... Caramuel , — " The first of these ( i . e . philosophical , rational , universal Grammar ) hath been treated of but by few ; which makes our learned " Verulam B. You must then give up one at least of 8 INTRODUCTION .
... Caramuel , — " The first of these ( i . e . philosophical , rational , universal Grammar ) hath been treated of but by few ; which makes our learned " Verulam B. You must then give up one at least of 8 INTRODUCTION .
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... give up one at least of your pofitions . For if , as you make it out , Grammar is fo difficult that a << < c " Verulam put it among bis Defiderata . I do not know any more that have purpofely written of it , but Scotus in his Grammatica ...
... give up one at least of your pofitions . For if , as you make it out , Grammar is fo difficult that a << < c " Verulam put it among bis Defiderata . I do not know any more that have purpofely written of it , but Scotus in his Grammatica ...
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... give him the fatis- faction he required : for , though the notion I had of language had fatisfied my own mind and answered my own purposes , I could not venture to detail to him my crudè conceptions without having ever made the leaft ...
... give him the fatis- faction he required : for , though the notion I had of language had fatisfied my own mind and answered my own purposes , I could not venture to detail to him my crudè conceptions without having ever made the leaft ...
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... give him a clearer , fuller , and more methodical account than I could , free from those errors and omiffions to which I must be liable . Having therefore some small intervals of leisure and a great defire to give him the best ...
... give him a clearer , fuller , and more methodical account than I could , free from those errors and omiffions to which I must be liable . Having therefore some small intervals of leisure and a great defire to give him the best ...
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adverb affertion againſt Aleran alfo almoſt alſo amongſt Anglo-faxon anſwer Article authority becauſe Boke Booke Caufe Cauſe Chaucer confequence Conjunction correfpondent corruption Daniſh defire derived diſtinguiſhing Douglas Dutch eaſily Effay Engliſh etymology euery faid fame word fays feem fentence fhall fignification figns firſt fome fomething fometimes font French ftill fubftantive fubject fuch fufficient funt fupply fuppofe Gower Grammar Grammarians Greek Harris hath haue himſelf Houſe 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 paffage paſt participle perfon philofophers pleaſe prefent prepofition Prol purpoſe qu'il quæ queſtion quod reaſon reſpect ſays Scaliger ſeems ſeparate ſhall ſhould Skinner ſpeech ſtill ſuppoſe Swediſh Tale thare thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thyng Troylus underſtand uſed verb Whan wyfe
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Page 379 - 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 62 - 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...
Page 375 - I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, 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 63 - I speak it. This cannot be done by names applied to particular things, whereof 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 26 - 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 26 - ... it is almost necessary in all controversies and disputations to imitate the wisdom of the Mathematicians, in setting down in the very beginning the definitions of our words and terms, that others may know how we accept and understand them, and whether they concur with us or no. For it cometh to pass for want of this, that we are sure to end there where we ought to have begun, which is in questions and differences about words.
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Page 204 - You pray; but it is not that God would bring you to the true religion.
Page 45 - The business of the mind, as far as it concerns language, appears to me to be very simple. It extends no further than to receive Impressions, that is, to have Sensations or Feelings. What are called its operations, are merely the operations of Language. A...
Page 63 - 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.