The Works of Dugald Stewart: Elements of the philosophy of the human mind (cont'd) Outlines of moral philosophyHilliard and Brown, 1829 |
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... manner , which did not raise any great expectations in those who did not know him . " * I am inclined to believe , that the expression of countenance which Atterbury here ascribes to Newton , will be found , in general , to be ...
... manner , which did not raise any great expectations in those who did not know him . " * I am inclined to believe , that the expression of countenance which Atterbury here ascribes to Newton , will be found , in general , to be ...
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... manner analogous to that in which arbitrary written characters have been so ingeniously traced up by Dr. Warburton to pictures or hieroglyphics . I remember to have heard Mr. Braidwood remark , that his dumb pupils , from whatever part ...
... manner analogous to that in which arbitrary written characters have been so ingeniously traced up by Dr. Warburton to pictures or hieroglyphics . I remember to have heard Mr. Braidwood remark , that his dumb pupils , from whatever part ...
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... manner the instinctive propensity in our species to communicate their ideas to each other ; and the variety of expedients ( some of them by no means obvious ) to accomplish this end , which necessity suggests to man even in his rudest ...
... manner the instinctive propensity in our species to communicate their ideas to each other ; and the variety of expedients ( some of them by no means obvious ) to accomplish this end , which necessity suggests to man even in his rudest ...
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... manner this might have been accomplished , and by what easy transitions the various parts of speech might have arisen successively out of each other . One of the most philosophical attempts yet made to delineate this progress is to be ...
... manner this might have been accomplished , and by what easy transitions the various parts of speech might have arisen successively out of each other . One of the most philosophical attempts yet made to delineate this progress is to be ...
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... manner as we sometimes call a great general a Cæsar , or a great philosopher a Newton ; and thus , those words which were originally proper names , would gradually and insensibly become appellatives . It is by a slow process of this ...
... manner as we sometimes call a great general a Cæsar , or a great philosopher a Newton ; and thus , those words which were originally proper names , would gradually and insensibly become appellatives . It is by a slow process of this ...
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