The Works of Adam Smith: Considerations concerning the formation of languages. Essays on philosophical subjects. Account of the life and writings of Dr. SmithT. Cadell, 1811 |
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... itself to their memory in the ftrongest and livelieft manner . And thus , thofe words , which were originally the proper names of individuals , would each of them infenfibly become the common name of a multitude , A child that is just ...
... itself to their memory in the ftrongest and livelieft manner . And thus , thofe words , which were originally the proper names of individuals , would each of them infenfibly become the common name of a multitude , A child that is just ...
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... itself , according to the different qualities which it is endowed with . Thus , in many languages , the qualities both of fex and of the want of fex , are expreffed by different terminations in the nouns fubftantive , which denote ...
... itself , according to the different qualities which it is endowed with . Thus , in many languages , the qualities both of fex and of the want of fex , are expreffed by different terminations in the nouns fubftantive , which denote ...
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... itself be conceived as the fubject of any other quality ; though when confidered in abstract it may . No adjective therefore can qualify any other adjective . A great good man , means a man who is both great and good . Both the ...
... itself be conceived as the fubject of any other quality ; though when confidered in abstract it may . No adjective therefore can qualify any other adjective . A great good man , means a man who is both great and good . Both the ...
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... itself be the fubject of other qualities , is upon that account capable of being qualified by the word great . If the original invention of nouns adjective would be attended with fo much difficulty , that of prepofitions would be ...
... itself be the fubject of other qualities , is upon that account capable of being qualified by the word great . If the original invention of nouns adjective would be attended with fo much difficulty , that of prepofitions would be ...
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... itself infenfibly , and by flow degrees , in confequence of that love of analogy and fimilarity of found , which is the foundation of by far the greater part of the rules of grammar . To exprefs relation , therefore , by a variation in ...
... itself infenfibly , and by flow degrees , in confequence of that love of analogy and fimilarity of found , which is the foundation of by far the greater part of the rules of grammar . To exprefs relation , therefore , by a variation in ...
Términos y frases comunes
aftronomers agreeable almoſt ancient appear becauſe body cafe caufes compofed compofition confequently confiderable confifted connected Copernicus correfpondent difcovered diftance diftinct diftinguiſhed doctrine eafily Earth Effence Engliſh Epicycles eſtabliſhed excite expreffion exprefs faid fame manner fcience fecond feems fenfation fenfe fenfible fentiments feparate fhall fhould fimple firft firſt fituation fociety folid fome fomething fometimes foon fpecies ftill fubftance fubject fucceffion fuch fufficient fuggeft fuperior fuppofed fyftem fyllable greateſt hiftory himſelf Hipparchus hypothefis imagination imitation inftrumental intereft itſelf laft language leaſt lefs mankind meaſure moft Moon moral moſt motion Mufic muft muſt nature neceffarily neceffary obferved objects occafion oppofite paffion pafs perfon philofophers Planets Plato pleaſure prefent prepofitions principles progrefs Ptolemy publiſhed reafon refemblance refifting refpect reft reprefent revolution revolve SECT ſeems Smith Spheres ſtate ſtill ſyſtem thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe tion Tycho Brahe univerfal uſeful verbs verfe vifible Wealth of Nations whofe words
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Página 76 - Philosophy, by representing the invisible chains which bind together all these disjointed objects, endeavours to introduce order into this chaos of jarring and discordant appearances, to allay this tumult of the imagination...
Página 490 - The violence and injustice of the rulers of mankind is an ancient evil, for which, I am afraid, the nature of human affairs can scarce admit of a remedy. But the mean rapacity, the monopolizing spirit of merchants and manufacturers, who neither are, nor ought to be, the rulers of mankind, though it cannot perhaps be corrected, may very easily be prevented from disturbing the tranquillity of any body but themselves.
Página 456 - Buccleugh under the author's care, and would make it worth his while to accept of that charge. As soon as I heard this, I called on him twice, with a view of talking with him about the matter, and of convincing him of the propriety of sending that young nobleman to...
Página 376 - He knew not the shape of any thing, nor any one thing from another, however different in shape, or magnitude, but upon being told what things were, whose form he before knew from feeling, he would carefully observe, that he might know them again; but having too many objects to learn at once, he forgot many of them : and (as he said) at first he learned to know, and again forgot a thousand things in a day.
Página 1 - His experience, it seems, had not led him to observe any other river. The general word river therefore was, it is evident, in his acceptance of it, a proper name signifying an individual object. If this person had been carried to another river, would he not readily have called it a river?
Página 490 - Commerce, which ought naturally to be, among nations as among individuals, a bond of union and friendship, has become the most fertile source of discord and animosity.
Página 473 - Euge! Belle! Dear Mr. Smith : I am much pleased with your performance, and the perusal of it has taken me from a state of great anxiety. It was a work of so much expectation, by yourself, by your friends, and by the public, that I trembled for its appearance ; but am now much relieved.
Página 517 - ... of his mind. In this amiable quality, he often recalled to his friends, the accounts that are given of good La Fontaine ; a quality which in him derived a peculiar grace from the singularity of its combination with those powers of reason and of eloquence which, in his political and moral writings, have long engaged the admiration of Europe.
Página 455 - You see what a son of the earth that is, to value books only by the profit they bring him. In that view, I believe it may prove a very...