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... manner of fighting be condemned , yet no one can dif- pute his claim to the victory ; and if we fmile at the patriot , we muft applaud the scholar . We shall now enter on the confideration of the prefent work : t and we cannot better ...
... manner of fighting be condemned , yet no one can dif- pute his claim to the victory ; and if we fmile at the patriot , we muft applaud the scholar . We shall now enter on the confideration of the prefent work : t and we cannot better ...
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... manner , as if the Author had not fettled his opinion concerning the manner of fignifieation of words . . Mr. Locke fuppofed , with Ariftotle , Scaliger , and Meff . de Port Royal , that affirming and denying were operations of the mind ...
... manner , as if the Author had not fettled his opinion concerning the manner of fignifieation of words . . Mr. Locke fuppofed , with Ariftotle , Scaliger , and Meff . de Port Royal , that affirming and denying were operations of the mind ...
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... manner of fignification of words , depends the excel- lence of every language . In the farther progrefs of this ingenious work , the Author's pofition is fairly put to the trial . It is examined with the moft rigid exactness . Obje ...
... manner of fignification of words , depends the excel- lence of every language . In the farther progrefs of this ingenious work , the Author's pofition is fairly put to the trial . It is examined with the moft rigid exactness . Obje ...
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... manner our Author prefumes , that all fentences may be refolved in all languages , where the conjunction that , or its equivalent , is employed ; and by fuch refolution it will al- ways be difcovered to have merely the fame force and ...
... manner our Author prefumes , that all fentences may be refolved in all languages , where the conjunction that , or its equivalent , is employed ; and by fuch refolution it will al- ways be difcovered to have merely the fame force and ...
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... manners of ufing it ; and hath accompanied each with a variety of examples by way of proof and illuftration : and yet in ... manner in English , prefix the fame word To to the infinitive of our verbs ; for the verbs in English not being ...
... manners of ufing it ; and hath accompanied each with a variety of examples by way of proof and illuftration : and yet in ... manner in English , prefix the fame word To to the infinitive of our verbs ; for the verbs in English not being ...
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Page 47 - God came from Teman, And the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, And the earth was full of his praise. And his brightness was as the light; He had horns coming out of his hand : And there was the hiding of his power.
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