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... appear to possess by making himself acquainted with it , there would be very few persons without it . To those who have not had the advantage of a classical education , and others who are entering on its rudi- ments , it cannot be too ...
... appear to possess by making himself acquainted with it , there would be very few persons without it . To those who have not had the advantage of a classical education , and others who are entering on its rudi- ments , it cannot be too ...
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... appear to have been committed by accommodating language to philosophy , instead of ap- plying philosophy to language ; or by REASONING FROM LANGUAGE IN ITS MOST POLISHED STATE ; and thus determining on the origin of words according to ...
... appear to have been committed by accommodating language to philosophy , instead of ap- plying philosophy to language ; or by REASONING FROM LANGUAGE IN ITS MOST POLISHED STATE ; and thus determining on the origin of words according to ...
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... The prepositions a and en appear to have the same import , in verbal composition , as be ; portion , apportion ; tune , at- tune ; certain , ascertain ; camp , encamp ; battle , embattle . B En or em , is often confounded with the Latin.
... The prepositions a and en appear to have the same import , in verbal composition , as be ; portion , apportion ; tune , at- tune ; certain , ascertain ; camp , encamp ; battle , embattle . B En or em , is often confounded with the Latin.
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... appears to be the ef- fect of an action that passes , or has passed , in the thing under consideration 3. Numeral adjectives are those which place any substantive in numerical order , as first , second , last , & c . 4. Pronominal are ...
... appears to be the ef- fect of an action that passes , or has passed , in the thing under consideration 3. Numeral adjectives are those which place any substantive in numerical order , as first , second , last , & c . 4. Pronominal are ...
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... appears by the position of our churches . Adorn . See AD . Advent . See AD . The name of one of the holy sea- sons , signifying " the coming ; " that is , the coming of our Saviour . - Adventitious . That which is added , not ...
... appears by the position of our churches . Adorn . See AD . Advent . See AD . The name of one of the holy sea- sons , signifying " the coming ; " that is , the coming of our Saviour . - Adventitious . That which is added , not ...
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action adjective ancient ancient Rome animal antepenult applied body CADO called CAPIO cause CEDO changed circumstances common compounded conduct congruus consists continue conveys corruption CRESCO dative declare declension degree Deism denotes derived Dico distinguished Duco employed English exercise existence express extended sense external FACIO feelings FERO figurative sense former give grammar hence idea implies incitatus JACIO ject Julius Cæsar knowledge language Latin Latin language lative latter LEGO less literally manner marks means ment mind MITTO mode moral sense nature neral nifies noun object offend one's opposed origin ourselves outward Paradise Lost participle particular pello persons or things PoNo preposition PRETER qualities racter regard relation respects Romans SCRIBO sentiment signifies sion SISTO sometimes speak species stand substance supposed synonymous TENEO term ther tion trans VENIO verb VERTO volvo whence word writing
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Page 38 - Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend.
Page xiv - But I am apt to imagine, that were the imperfections of language, as the instrument of knowledge, more thoroughly weighed, a great many of the controversies that make such a noise in the world, would of themselves cease ; and the way to knowledge, and perhaps peace, too, lie a great deal opener than it does.
Page 266 - ... ad libitum. All matters depending remain in statu quo, and when they meet again, be the term ever so distant, are resumed without any fresh commencement, at the point at which they were left.
Page 294 - WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise...
Page xii - Spirit, in its primary signification, is breath; angel, a messenger ; and I doubt not, but if we could trace them to their sources, we should find in all languages the names which stand for things that fall not under our senses, to have had their first rise from sensible ideas. By which we may give some kind of guess what kind of notions they were, and whence derived, which filled their minds who were the first beginners of languages; and how nature, even in the naming of things, unawares suggested...
Page 114 - So a wild Tartar, when he spies A man that's handsome, valiant, wise, If he can kill him, thinks t...
Page 63 - Better to hunt in fields for health unbought Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise for cure on exercise depend ; God never made his work for man to mend.
Page 75 - Or bright infers not excellence : the earth Though, in comparison of heaven, so small, Nor glistering, may of solid good contain More plenty than the sun that barren shines...
Page 162 - The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not mov'd with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils : The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted.
Page 46 - The pleasure of the religious man is an easy and a portable pleasure, such an one as he carries about in his bosom, without alarming either the eye or envy of the world.