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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... least , in the greater part of words . All primitive and uncompounded lan- guages feem to have a dual , as well as a plural number . This is the cafe of the Greek , and I am told of the Hebrew , of the Gothic , and of many other ...
... least , in the greater part of words . All primitive and uncompounded lan- guages feem to have a dual , as well as a plural number . This is the cafe of the Greek , and I am told of the Hebrew , of the Gothic , and of many other ...
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... least fix , if not eight or nine varia- tions , in the termination of every verb , ac- cording as the event which it denoted was meant to be affirmed of the firft , fecond , or third perfons fingular , dual , or plural . D 2 or ...
... least fix , if not eight or nine varia- tions , in the termination of every verb , ac- cording as the event which it denoted was meant to be affirmed of the firft , fecond , or third perfons fingular , dual , or plural . D 2 or ...
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... least unite thofe feemingly distant ob- jects , as to render the paffage of the thought betwixt them finooth , and natural , and easy . The fuppofition of a chain of intermediate , though invifible , events , which fucceed each other in ...
... least unite thofe feemingly distant ob- jects , as to render the paffage of the thought betwixt them finooth , and natural , and easy . The fuppofition of a chain of intermediate , though invifible , events , which fucceed each other in ...
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... least , ca- pable of understanding fome of their fublime myfteries , became now the only probable road to reputation . Proclus and Theon wrote commentaries upon the fyftem of Ptolemy ; but , to have attempted to invent a new one , would ...
... least , ca- pable of understanding fome of their fublime myfteries , became now the only probable road to reputation . Proclus and Theon wrote commentaries upon the fyftem of Ptolemy ; but , to have attempted to invent a new one , would ...
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... least , to have con- firmed him in an opinion , which , it is not improbable , that he had before - hand other reasons for embracing , notwithstanding what he himself would affirm to the contrary . It then occurred to him , that , if ...
... least , to have con- firmed him in an opinion , which , it is not improbable , that he had before - hand other reasons for embracing , notwithstanding what he himself would affirm to the contrary . It then occurred to him , that , if ...
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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...
Page 5 - Could we suppose any person living on the banks of the Thames so ignorant as not to know the general word river but to be acquainted only with the particular word Thames, if he was brought to any other river, would he not readily call it a Thames?
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.
Page 454 - 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...
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.
Page 488 - 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.