Chambers's Information for the People, Band 2J. B. Lippincott & Company, 1857 |
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... object had only one single quality , or affected the human mind in only one way , adjectives and ad- verbs would be wholly unknown . The same depend- ence holds between the parts of speech and the wants , desires , purposes , and ...
... object had only one single quality , or affected the human mind in only one way , adjectives and ad- verbs would be wholly unknown . The same depend- ence holds between the parts of speech and the wants , desires , purposes , and ...
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... object ; and it must act so as to enable the one person to indicate to the other what and where is the thing to be attended to . It is impossible to divest human speech of this character of a threefold reference . It is only in the most ...
... object ; and it must act so as to enable the one person to indicate to the other what and where is the thing to be attended to . It is impossible to divest human speech of this character of a threefold reference . It is only in the most ...
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... objects that have some common features - as man , lion , water ; that is to say , there are certain constant pecu- liarities attached to each object that we name - a man , a lion , water ; and when we wish to speak of the pecu ...
... objects that have some common features - as man , lion , water ; that is to say , there are certain constant pecu- liarities attached to each object that we name - a man , a lion , water ; and when we wish to speak of the pecu ...
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... objects of a picture ; or they may be objects of different senses , as when music is composed for marching , dancing , or stage spectacle ; or when words are used to celebrate actions , events , and natural grandeur . Present any visible ...
... objects of a picture ; or they may be objects of different senses , as when music is composed for marching , dancing , or stage spectacle ; or when words are used to celebrate actions , events , and natural grandeur . Present any visible ...
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... objects that individuals of a society ; in fact , every such name is a stroke of art , received and relished as such , as well as being a handle to an object , and useful in social intercourse . It would be impossible , by any power ...
... objects that individuals of a society ; in fact , every such name is a stroke of art , received and relished as such , as well as being a handle to an object , and useful in social intercourse . It would be impossible , by any power ...
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Seite 26 - O for a beaker full of the warm South, Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene...
Seite 229 - In all her length far winding lay, With promontory, creek, and bay, And islands that, empurpled bright, Floated amid the livelier light ; And mountains, that like giants stand, To sentinel enchanted land.
Seite 232 - The Cypress and her spire; —Of flowers that with one scarlet gleam Cover a hundred leagues, and seem To set the hills on fire. The Youth of green savannahs spake, And many an endless, endless lake, With all its fairy crowds Of islands, that together lie As quietly as spots of sky Among the evening clouds.
Seite 115 - If these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed.
Seite 75 - They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war : they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
Seite 211 - England, that loved and esteemed his own country : 'twas in reply to some of the company that were reviling our climate, and extolling those of Italy and Spain, or at least of France : he said, he thought that was the best climate, where he could be abroad in the air with pleasure, or at least without trouble and inconvenience, the most days of the year, and the most hours of the day ; and this he thought he could be in England, more than in any country he knew of in Europe.
Seite 75 - Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.
Seite 120 - A general consternation seized mankind; many relinquished their possessions, and, abandoning their friends and families, hurried with precipitation to the Holy Land, where they imagined that Christ would quickly appear to judge the world...
Seite 74 - O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, thus saith the Lord God; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty.
Seite 170 - ... question - a question of no less importance than this: Whether our liberty be still to be secured by the laws of our forefathers, or be to lay at the absolute mercy of a part of our fellow-subjects,' collected together by means which it is not necessary for me to describe.