 | Henry Kett - 1805 - 422 pages
...author of the Wealth of Nations supposes " two savages, who had never been taught to speak, and who had been bred up remote from the societies of men,...language, by which they would endeavour to make their sentiments intelligible to each other, by uttering certain sounds, whenever they Ineant to denote objects."... | |
 | James Fishback - 1813 - 326 pages
...originally reveakd by the great creator) that "two savages, who had never been taught to speak, and who had been bred up remote from the societies of men,...language by which they would endeavour to make their sentiments intelligible to each other, by altering certain sounds whenever they went to denote objects.... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1814 - 528 pages
...be equally simple and satisfactory. \ " The assignation" (says he) " of particular names, to "denote particular objects; that is, the institution of "...the first " steps towards the formation of Language. The par" ticular cave, whose covering sheltered the savage from " the weather ; the particular tree,... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1817 - 776 pages
...CONSIDERATIONS CONCERNING THE FIRST FORMATION OF LANGUAGES, &c. THE assignation of particular names, to denote particular objects, that is, the institution of nouns substantive, would, probably, be oue of the first steps towards the formation of language. Two savages, who had never been taught to... | |
 | Thomas Brown - 1822 - 546 pages
...to attempt to express it in any words but his own. " The assignation of particular names, to denote particular objects, that is, the institution of nouns...language. Two savages who had never been taught to apeak, but had been bred up remote from the societies of men, would naturally begin to form that language... | |
 | Thomas Brown - 1824 - 490 pages
...to attempt to express it in any words but his own. " The assignation of particular names, to denote particular objects, that is, the institution of nouns...Two savages who had never been taught to speak, but hud been bred up remote from the societies of men, would naturally begin to form that language by which... | |
 | 1828 - 394 pages
...whatever exists conformable to such abstract ideas. The assignation of particular names, to denote particular objects ; that is, the institution of nouns...the first steps towards the formation of Language. The particular cave, whose covering sheltered the savage from the weather ; the particular tree, whose... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 482 pages
...to be equally simple and satisfactory. " The assignation," says he, " of particular names, to denote particular objects ; that is, the institution of nouns...the first steps towards the formation of Language. The particular cave, whose covering sheltered the savage from the weather ; the particular tree, whose... | |
 | Thomas Brown - 1835 - 574 pages
...any words but his own. " The assignation of particular names, to denote particular objects, that IB, the institution of nouns substantive, would probably...men, would naturally begin to form that language by whicti they would endeavour to make their mutual wants intelligible to each other, by uttering certain... | |
 | Philological Society (Great Britain) - 1844 - 348 pages
...work on the " Theory of Moral Sentiments." He observes that the assigning particular names to denote particular objects, that is, the institution of nouns...the first steps towards the formation of language. The objects most familiar to two aborigines would have particular names given to them, as a cave, a... | |
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The assignation of particular names to denote particular objects, that is, the institution of nouns' substantive, would, probably, be one of the first steps towards the formation of language. Two savages, who had never been taught to speak, but had been... 
