Hermes: Or, A Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Universal GrammarJames Williams, 1773 - 442 páginas |
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... Languages - Charac- ter of the English , the Orien- tal , the Latin , and the Greek Languages - Superlative Ex- cellence of the Laft - Conclu- fion . P. 403 O R , A PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY CONCERNING UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR . xvi CONTENT S.
... Languages - Charac- ter of the English , the Orien- tal , the Latin , and the Greek Languages - Superlative Ex- cellence of the Laft - Conclu- fion . P. 403 O R , A PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY CONCERNING UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR . xvi CONTENT S.
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... Latin Interpreter . Dicendum igitur eft , cum anima noftra duplicem proteftatem babeat , cognitio- nis , & vita , quæ etiam appetitionis ac cupiditatis ap- pellatur , ( que vero cognitionis eft , vis eft , quâ res fin- gulas cognofcimus ...
... Latin Interpreter . Dicendum igitur eft , cum anima noftra duplicem proteftatem babeat , cognitio- nis , & vita , quæ etiam appetitionis ac cupiditatis ap- pellatur , ( que vero cognitionis eft , vis eft , quâ res fin- gulas cognofcimus ...
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... Latin is known any where from its Variation , is in English only know from its Pofition or place . IF then the Distinction of Variable and Invariable will not anfwer our purpose , let us look farther for fome other more effential ...
... Latin is known any where from its Variation , is in English only know from its Pofition or place . IF then the Distinction of Variable and Invariable will not anfwer our purpose , let us look farther for fome other more effential ...
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... Latin Gram- marians went farther , and detached the In- terjection from the Adverb , within which by the Greeks it was always included , as a Species . WE ( b ) For this we have the authority of Dionyfius of Halicarnaffus , De Struct ...
... Latin Gram- marians went farther , and detached the In- terjection from the Adverb , within which by the Greeks it was always included , as a Species . WE ( b ) For this we have the authority of Dionyfius of Halicarnaffus , De Struct ...
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... Latin , and many of the modern Tongues . These all of them have Words , fome mafculine , fome feminine ( and thofe too in great multitudes ) which have reference to Sub- ftances , where Sex never had existence . To give one instance for ...
... Latin , and many of the modern Tongues . These all of them have Words , fome mafculine , fome feminine ( and thofe too in great multitudes ) which have reference to Sub- ftances , where Sex never had existence . To give one instance for ...
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Termos e frases comuns
Adjectives Adverbs Affertion affume alfo alſo anſwer antient Arift Ariftotle Article Attributes becauſe Boethius C.VIII Cafe called Caufe cauſe Cicero courſe denote diftinctions diſtinguiſhed effential elſe enim exift exiſtence exprefs Extenfion faid fame farther feems fignificant fimple firft firſt fome fomething Form ftill fuch fuppofe Greek hence himſelf Ideas infinite inftances itſelf laft Language laſt Latin leaſt Mode moſt muſt Nature Noun obferve paffage Paft paſt Perfon Philofophers Plato poffible Pofitive prefent Prepofitions Prifcian Pronoun quæ quod reaſon reft reſpect ſay Senfe Sentence ſhall ſhould ſome ſpeaking Species ſtill Subftantive Subject ſuch ſuppoſe Tenfes thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thro tion tive Treatife univerfal UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR uſe Verbs vero whofe Words ἂν γὰρ δὲ εἶναι εἰς ἐκ ἐν ἐπὶ καὶ καὶ τὸ κατὰ μὲν μὴ πρὸς τὰ τῇ τὴν τῆς τὸ τοῖς τὸν τῷ τῶν ὡς
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