Lectures on the Science of Language: Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in ... 1861 [and 1863], Volume 1C. Scribner, 1869 |
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Page 24
... brutes . " This I may be positive in , " he writes , " that the power of abstracting is not at all in brutes , and that the having of general ideas is that which puts a perfect distinction between man and brutes . For it is evident we ...
... brutes . " This I may be positive in , " he writes , " that the power of abstracting is not at all in brutes , and that the having of general ideas is that which puts a perfect distinction between man and brutes . For it is evident we ...
Page 72
... brute assemblages . In like manner , in dividing game for the table , the animals were not carved , but " a dere was broken , a gose reryd , chekyn frusshed , a cony unlaced , a crane dysplayed , a curlewe unioynted , a quayle wynggyd ...
... brute assemblages . In like manner , in dividing game for the table , the animals were not carved , but " a dere was broken , a gose reryd , chekyn frusshed , a cony unlaced , a crane dysplayed , a curlewe unioynted , a quayle wynggyd ...
Page 348
... and sacred subjects has of late been found fault with by many : but hu- mor is a safer sign of strong convictions and perfect safety than guarded solemnity . With regard to our own problem , no one can 348 MAN AND BRUTE .
... and sacred subjects has of late been found fault with by many : but hu- mor is a safer sign of strong convictions and perfect safety than guarded solemnity . With regard to our own problem , no one can 348 MAN AND BRUTE .
Page 351
... brutes and their sensations do not at all interfere with the immor- tality of human souls ; on the contrary , nothing serves better to establish our natural immortality ... brutes have memory . They know their masters MAN AND BRUTE . 351.
... brutes and their sensations do not at all interfere with the immor- tality of human souls ; on the contrary , nothing serves better to establish our natural immortality ... brutes have memory . They know their masters MAN AND BRUTE . 351.
Page 352
... brutes have memory . They know their masters , they know their home ; they evince joy on recogniz- ing those who have been kind to them , and they bear malice for years to those by whom they have been in- sulted or ill - treated . Who ...
... brutes have memory . They know their masters , they know their home ; they evince joy on recogniz- ing those who have been kind to them , and they bear malice for years to those by whom they have been in- sulted or ill - treated . Who ...
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