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... Tongue . 115 -X . Style - Perspicuity and Precision . XI . Structure of Sentences XII . Structure of Sentences XIII . Structure of Sentences - Harmony- 132 147 162 XIV . Origin and Nature of Figurative Language . .................. 196 ...
... Tongue . 115 -X . Style - Perspicuity and Precision . XI . Structure of Sentences XII . Structure of Sentences XIII . Structure of Sentences - Harmony- 132 147 162 XIV . Origin and Nature of Figurative Language . .................. 196 ...
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... tongue extends , were soon translated into almost all the languages of Europe , and were judged worthy of a public reward by his Majesty , who , in the year 1780 , was graciously pleased , to grant the au- thor a pension of £ 200 ...
... tongue extends , were soon translated into almost all the languages of Europe , and were judged worthy of a public reward by his Majesty , who , in the year 1780 , was graciously pleased , to grant the au- thor a pension of £ 200 ...
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... tongue . " * Language , in general , signifies the expression of our ideas by certain articulate sounds , which are used as the signs of those ideas . By articulate sounds are meant those modulations of simple voice , or of sound ...
... tongue . " * Language , in general , signifies the expression of our ideas by certain articulate sounds , which are used as the signs of those ideas . By articulate sounds are meant those modulations of simple voice , or of sound ...
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... tongue , the lips , and the pa- late . How far there is any natural connection between the ideas of the mind and the sounds emitted , will appear from what I have afterwards to offer . But as the natural con- nection can , upon any ...
... tongue , the lips , and the pa- late . How far there is any natural connection between the ideas of the mind and the sounds emitted , will appear from what I have afterwards to offer . But as the natural con- nection can , upon any ...
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... tongue , that , beyond all others , it expressed the na- ture of the objects which it named , by employing sounds sharper , softer , weaker , stronger , more obscure , or more stridulous , accord- ing as the idea which is to be ...
... tongue , that , beyond all others , it expressed the na- ture of the objects which it named , by employing sounds sharper , softer , weaker , stronger , more obscure , or more stridulous , accord- ing as the idea which is to be ...
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