An Essay on the Study of Antiquities: To which are Added Some Cursory Remarks on the Origin of Language in General, and of the Greek Language in ParticularJ. and J. Fletcher; D. Prince and J. Cooke; also by P. Elmsley, and B. White, London, 1781 - Archaeology - 44 pages |
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... reason . The present age of novelty and project , of System and refinement , while it has ftruck out many truths which were unknown to preceding generations , has alfo given birth to many reveries , the fuccefs of which has af- forded ...
... reason . The present age of novelty and project , of System and refinement , while it has ftruck out many truths which were unknown to preceding generations , has alfo given birth to many reveries , the fuccefs of which has af- forded ...
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... reason . The present age of novelty and project , of System and refinement , while it has ftruck out many truths which were unknown to preceding generations , has also given birth to many reveries , the fuccefs of which has afforded ...
... reason . The present age of novelty and project , of System and refinement , while it has ftruck out many truths which were unknown to preceding generations , has also given birth to many reveries , the fuccefs of which has afforded ...
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... reason for nubo's being not fpoken of the man , viz . because it was the virgin only who veiled her head . But if there is any probability in what has been before proposed , this reason will fall to the ground . We may account for it ...
... reason for nubo's being not fpoken of the man , viz . because it was the virgin only who veiled her head . But if there is any probability in what has been before proposed , this reason will fall to the ground . We may account for it ...
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... reason was not given him in vain . The fame all - wife and beneficent Creator , who gave the mind to will , and the band to execute : gave also the mind to form and compare ideas , and the organs of fpeech to utter them . As the firft ...
... reason was not given him in vain . The fame all - wife and beneficent Creator , who gave the mind to will , and the band to execute : gave also the mind to form and compare ideas , and the organs of fpeech to utter them . As the firft ...
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... reason , custom , and analogy . -- Part II . On the accommodating of Language to Philofophy , instead of applying Philosophy to Language - On the utility of founding Inquiries into the origin of Language , on a minute examination of ...
... reason , custom , and analogy . -- Part II . On the accommodating of Language to Philofophy , instead of applying Philosophy to Language - On the utility of founding Inquiries into the origin of Language , on a minute examination of ...
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