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Page 58
... Considered according to its flowers , it makes his XI . Class , or FLOWER - HERBS . Considered according to its seed - vessels , it makes his XII . Class , or SEED - HERBS . Each of these classes is divided by a certain number of ...
... Considered according to its flowers , it makes his XI . Class , or FLOWER - HERBS . Considered according to its seed - vessels , it makes his XII . Class , or SEED - HERBS . Each of these classes is divided by a certain number of ...
Page 59
... considered either Collectively ; WORLD . VI . Distributirely : according to the several kinds of beings , whether such as do belong to ( Substance . Inanimate ; ELEMENT . VII . Animate ; considered according to their several ( Species ...
... considered either Collectively ; WORLD . VI . Distributirely : according to the several kinds of beings , whether such as do belong to ( Substance . Inanimate ; ELEMENT . VII . Animate ; considered according to their several ( Species ...
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... considered as solved . In natural languages the gram- matical articulation consists either in separate par- ticles or in modifications in the body of a word , to whatever cause such modifications may be ascribed . Bishop Wilkins ...
... considered as solved . In natural languages the gram- matical articulation consists either in separate par- ticles or in modifications in the body of a word , to whatever cause such modifications may be ascribed . Bishop Wilkins ...
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... considered , and it may almost be taken as the general opinion , that the elements of language are vowels and consonants , but not roots . If , however , we call elements those primitive sub- stances the combination of which is ...
... considered , and it may almost be taken as the general opinion , that the elements of language are vowels and consonants , but not roots . If , however , we call elements those primitive sub- stances the combination of which is ...
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... considered as a mere abstraction . A root is a cause , and every cause , in the logical acceptation of the word , is an abstraction . As a cause it can claim no reality , no vulgar reality ; if we call real that only which can become ...
... considered as a mere abstraction . A root is a cause , and every cause , in the logical acceptation of the word , is an abstraction . As a cause it can claim no reality , no vulgar reality ; if we call real that only which can become ...
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