Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 1A. Strahan, T. Cadell, in the Strand, and W. Creech, in Edinburgh, 1790 |
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... figns , the ideas of things which we do not fee . But though in this they coincide , yet it should not be forgotten , that the terms themselves are not fynonymous ; that they im- port different means of effecting the fame end ; and of ...
... figns , the ideas of things which we do not fee . But though in this they coincide , yet it should not be forgotten , that the terms themselves are not fynonymous ; that they im- port different means of effecting the fame end ; and of ...
Page 123
... figns of those ideas . By articulate founds , are meant thofe modula- tions of fimple voice , or of found emitted from the thorax , which are formed by means of the mouth and its feveral organs , the teeth , the tongue , the lips , and ...
... figns of those ideas . By articulate founds , are meant thofe modula- tions of fimple voice , or of found emitted from the thorax , which are formed by means of the mouth and its feveral organs , the teeth , the tongue , the lips , and ...
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... fo rare , how could any one fet of founds , or words , be generally agreed on as the figns of their ideas ? Suppofing that a few , whom chance or neceffity threw to- gether , VI . LECT . gether , agreed by fome means OF LANGUAGE . 125.
... fo rare , how could any one fet of founds , or words , be generally agreed on as the figns of their ideas ? Suppofing that a few , whom chance or neceffity threw to- gether , VI . LECT . gether , agreed by fome means OF LANGUAGE . 125.
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Hugh Blair. VI . LECT . gether , agreed by fome means upon certain figns , yet by what authority could these be propagated among other tribes or families , fo as to fpread and grow up into a Language ? One would think , that , in order ...
Hugh Blair. VI . LECT . gether , agreed by fome means upon certain figns , yet by what authority could these be propagated among other tribes or families , fo as to fpread and grow up into a Language ? One would think , that , in order ...
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... figns which nature teaches all men , and which are under- stood by all . One who faw another going into fome place where he himself had been frightened , or expofed to danger , and who fought to warn his neighbour of the danger , could ...
... figns which nature teaches all men , and which are under- stood by all . One who faw another going into fome place where he himself had been frightened , or expofed to danger , and who fought to warn his neighbour of the danger , could ...
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