An Essay Towards an Investigation of the Origin and Elements of Language and Letters: That Is, Sounds and Symbols: Wherein is Considered Their Analogy, and Power to Express the Radical Ideas on which the Primitive Language Appears to Have Been Formed. By L.D. NelmeT. Spilsbury, 1772 - 134 |
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Strona ii
... should con- found the English language most , by mixing or blending it with all the other European tongues into one mass , and confounding the English lan- guage by derivations from others , when the radical Ideas were to be found in ...
... should con- found the English language most , by mixing or blending it with all the other European tongues into one mass , and confounding the English lan- guage by derivations from others , when the radical Ideas were to be found in ...
Strona iv
... should have untied , and have been contented to affert the word they fhould investi- gate , to be derived from another language , which cannot but be a branch of the one general and Pri- mitive Tongue . Such investigations are far from ...
... should have untied , and have been contented to affert the word they fhould investi- gate , to be derived from another language , which cannot but be a branch of the one general and Pri- mitive Tongue . Such investigations are far from ...
Strona xi
... should think the event itfelf impoffible , let them remember , Columbus poised the egg * . The difficulty , I appre- hend , is not fo great as it is conceived to be . The apprehenfions of difficulty may fubfide a little by confidering ...
... should think the event itfelf impoffible , let them remember , Columbus poised the egg * . The difficulty , I appre- hend , is not fo great as it is conceived to be . The apprehenfions of difficulty may fubfide a little by confidering ...
Strona 2
... should be the root of a fimple , or the fimple of a compound ? In the order of nature it is the latter . In this matter lexicographers . feem to have been greatly mistaken : we fhall find , that every letter is a distinct root , and ...
... should be the root of a fimple , or the fimple of a compound ? In the order of nature it is the latter . In this matter lexicographers . feem to have been greatly mistaken : we fhall find , that every letter is a distinct root , and ...
Strona 3
... should represent a distinct object or idea . Ideas are expreffed to the ear by founds , or lan- guage ; and to the eye by fymbols , or letters : both ex- preffions , by founds or symbols , muft bear fuch a likeness D * See the Radical ...
... should represent a distinct object or idea . Ideas are expreffed to the ear by founds , or lan- guage ; and to the eye by fymbols , or letters : both ex- preffions , by founds or symbols , muft bear fuch a likeness D * See the Radical ...
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Strona 90 - He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
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Strona 89 - He removeth the mountains, and they know not : He overturneth them in his anger. He shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. He commandeth the sun, and it riseth not ; and sealeth up the stars.
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Strona 93 - Then the channels of waters were feen, and the foundations of the world were difcovered : at thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blaft of the breath of thy noftrils.
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