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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... fucceffion of objects which follow one another in an uncommon train or order , will produce the fame effect , though there be nothing particular in any one of them taken by itself . When one accustomed object appears after another ...
... fucceffion of objects which follow one another in an uncommon train or order , will produce the fame effect , though there be nothing particular in any one of them taken by itself . When one accustomed object appears after another ...
Page 72
... fucceffion to which it has not been accustomed , and which it therefore finds fome difficulty in following , or in attending to . The fancy is ftopped and interrupted in that natural movement or career , according to which it was ...
... fucceffion to which it has not been accustomed , and which it therefore finds fome difficulty in following , or in attending to . The fancy is ftopped and interrupted in that natural movement or career , according to which it was ...
Page 74
... fucceffion with which of all things we are the most familiar . Two objects which are fo connected feem no longer to be dis- jointed , and the imagination flows fmoothly and eafily along them . Such is the nature of this fecond fpecies ...
... fucceffion with which of all things we are the most familiar . Two objects which are fo connected feem no longer to be dis- jointed , and the imagination flows fmoothly and eafily along them . Such is the nature of this fecond fpecies ...
Page 75
... fucceffion , foon fatigue it , and if repeat- ed too often , diforder and disjoint its whole frame . It is thus that too fevere an applica- tion to study sometimes brings on lunacy and frenzy , in those especially who are fomewhat ...
... fucceffion , foon fatigue it , and if repeat- ed too often , diforder and disjoint its whole frame . It is thus that too fevere an applica- tion to study sometimes brings on lunacy and frenzy , in those especially who are fomewhat ...
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... fucceffion of the cards ; he will foon feel the fame confufion and giddinefs begin to come upon him , which , were it to be conti- nued for days and months , would end in the fame manner , in lunacy and distraction . But if the mind be ...
... fucceffion of the cards ; he will foon feel the fame confufion and giddinefs begin to come upon him , which , were it to be conti- nued for days and months , would end in the fame manner , in lunacy and distraction . But if the mind be ...
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abſtract aftronomers agreeable almoſt ancient appear becauſe body cafe caufes compofed compofition confequently confiderable confifted connected Copernicus correfpondent diftinct diftinguiſhed diſcovered diſtance doctrine eafily Earth Effence Engliſh eſtabliſhed excite exiſtence expreffion exprefs faid fame manner fcience fecond feems 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 himſelf Hipparchus hiſtory hypothefis imagination imitation interefting itſelf laft language laſt leaſt lefs meaſure metaphyfical moft Moon moral moſt motion Mufic muft muſt nature neceffarily neceffary obfervations objects occafion oppofite paffion perfon philofophy Planets Plato pleaſure prefent prepofitions principles Ptolemy publiſhed purpoſe reafon refemblance refifting refpect reft reprefent revolution revolve SECT ſeem Senfations Smith ſtate ſtill ſyſtem thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe tion Tycho Brahe univerfal uſe verbs verfe vifible Wealth of Nations whofe words
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Page 490 - He will accommodate, as well as he can, his public arrangements to the confirmed habits and prejudices of the people, and will remedy, as well as he can, the inconveniencies which may flow from the want of those regulations which the people are averse to submit to.
Page 4 - When they had occasion, therefore, to mention, or to point out to each other, any of the new objects, they would naturally utter the name of the correspondent old one, of which the idea could not fail, at that instant, to present itself to their memory in the strongest and liveliest manner. And thus, those words, which were originally the proper names of individuals, would each of them insensibly become the common name of a multitude.
Page 80 - 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...
Page 476 - ... a theory of the general principles which ought to run through, and be the foundation of, the laws of all nations.
Page 373 - ... a glass of broken jelly, where a great variety of surfaces so differently refract the light, that the several distinct pencils of rays cannot be collected by the eye into their proper foci; wherefore the shape of an object in...
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Page 439 - may appear very plausible, and be, for a long time, very generally received in the world, and yet have no foundation in nature, nor any sort of resemblance to the truth. But it is otherwise with systems of Moral Philosophy.
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Page 507 - ... to others, the grounds upon which his own opinions are founded ; and hence it is, that the known principles of an individual, who has approved to the public his candour, his liberality, and his judgment, are entitled to a weight and an authority, independent of the evidence which he is able, upon any particular occasion, to produce in their support.
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