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... Soul . So it indeed is in every one that speaks , excepting alone the Dissembler or Hypocrite ; and he too , as far as possible , affects the ap- pearance . Now the POWERS OF THE SOUL ( over and above the mere † nutritive ) may be ...
... Soul . So it indeed is in every one that speaks , excepting alone the Dissembler or Hypocrite ; and he too , as far as possible , affects the ap- pearance . Now the POWERS OF THE SOUL ( over and above the mere † nutritive ) may be ...
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... Soul be these two , ' tis plain that every Speech or Sentence , as far as it exhi- bits the Soul , must of course respect one or other of these . TION . if If we assert , then is it a Sentence which respects the Powers of PERCEP- For ...
... Soul be these two , ' tis plain that every Speech or Sentence , as far as it exhi- bits the Soul , must of course respect one or other of these . TION . if If we assert , then is it a Sentence which respects the Powers of PERCEP- For ...
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... Soul's leading Powers be the two above mentioned , and it be true that all Speech is a publication of these Powers , it will follow that EVERY SEN- TENCE WILL BE EITHER A SENTENCE OF ASSERTION , OR A SENTENCE OF VOLITION . And thus , by ...
... Soul's leading Powers be the two above mentioned , and it be true that all Speech is a publication of these Powers , it will follow that EVERY SEN- TENCE WILL BE EITHER A SENTENCE OF ASSERTION , OR A SENTENCE OF VOLITION . And thus , by ...
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... Soul , the being Temperate . AND thus it is we convert even Attri- butes into Substances , denoting them on this occasion by proper Substantives , such as Flight , Whiteness , Temperance ; or else by others more general , such as Motion ...
... Soul , the being Temperate . AND thus it is we convert even Attri- butes into Substances , denoting them on this occasion by proper Substantives , such as Flight , Whiteness , Temperance ; or else by others more general , such as Motion ...
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... Soul's superior powers . Having done this , they have done their duty , being concerned with nothing , save what is present and instantaneous . But to the Memory , to the Imagination , and above all to the Intellect , the several Nows ...
... Soul's superior powers . Having done this , they have done their duty , being concerned with nothing , save what is present and instantaneous . But to the Memory , to the Imagination , and above all to the Intellect , the several Nows ...
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Adjectives Adverbs Æneid Ammonius antient Aorist Apoll Aristotle Article Assertion Attri Attributes autem Boethius Cæsar called Cause CHAP character Cicero Conjunction denote Distinction Energy enim etiam exist farther Form Future Genus Grammarians Greek guage hence Ideas implies infinite instances Intellect Interrogation kind Language Latin manner mean Mind Mode Name Nature neque Noun Objects Participles Past peculiar Philosophy Plato Prepositions present Priscian Pronoun proper quæ quod reason respect Sensation Sense Sentence shew Sound speaking Species Speech Stoics Subject Substances sunt suppose Symbols tence Tenses things thro tion tive Truth UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR Verbs vero VIII Words ἂν ἀπὸ γὰρ γὰς δὲ διὰ εἶναι εἰς ἐκ ἐν ἐν τοῖς ἐν τῷ ἐξ ἐπὶ ἐςι ἔχει καθ καὶ τὸ κατὰ μὲν μὴ ὅτι περὶ πρὸς τὰ τὰς τε τῇ τὴν τῆς τὸ δὲ τὸ μὲν τὸν τῷ τῶν ὡς
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Page 420 - Imagination; but exhibiting the whole with such a pregnant brevity, that in every sentence E e 3 we * we seem to read a page. How exquisitely is this all performed in Greek? Let those, who imagine it may be done as well in another Language, satisfy themselves, either by attempting to translate him, or by perusing his translations already made by men of learning.
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