Essays on the Origin of Society, Language, Property, Government, Jurisdiction, Contracts, and Marriage: Interspersed with Illustrations from the Greek and Galic Languages. By James Grant, ...B. Millan, 1785 - 208 strán (strany) |
Vyhľadávanie v obsahu knihy
Výsledky 1 - 5 z 19.
Strana 29
... derive little addi- tional elucidation from our best endeavours . We shall therefore content ourselves with taking notice of fome roots , combinations , and deriva- tions of words in a primitive and still living language , which tend to ...
... derive little addi- tional elucidation from our best endeavours . We shall therefore content ourselves with taking notice of fome roots , combinations , and deriva- tions of words in a primitive and still living language , which tend to ...
Strana 31
... derived from any other language , being obviously reducible to its Its combinations are formed of fimple words of known fignification ; and those words are refolvable into the fimplest combina- tions of vowels and confonants , and even ...
... derived from any other language , being obviously reducible to its Its combinations are formed of fimple words of known fignification ; and those words are refolvable into the fimplest combina- tions of vowels and confonants , and even ...
Strana 49
... derived from the Galic word Cib or Caoib , which fignifies fuch a portion of meat as a man could de- vour at a mouthful . A portion or part is expreffed in Galic by the word Mir , fynonimous to the Greek word Megos , and is expreffive ...
... derived from the Galic word Cib or Caoib , which fignifies fuch a portion of meat as a man could de- vour at a mouthful . A portion or part is expreffed in Galic by the word Mir , fynonimous to the Greek word Megos , and is expreffive ...
Strana 53
... derived from her whitenefs of colour : Geal fignifies white . It has been obferved , that the names by which the Sun and Moon are de- nominated in the facred Scriptures , exprefs the known qualities of thefe planets . The Sun is called ...
... derived from her whitenefs of colour : Geal fignifies white . It has been obferved , that the names by which the Sun and Moon are de- nominated in the facred Scriptures , exprefs the known qualities of thefe planets . The Sun is called ...
Strana 54
... derived its origin from the cries of children at their birth . A cry being a fign of life , an imitation of that cry was natu- rally used to denote life . Bli fignifies milk ; An or Uin , time . Blian is literally milk - time , which is ...
... derived its origin from the cries of children at their birth . A cry being a fign of life , an imitation of that cry was natu- rally used to denote life . Bli fignifies milk ; An or Uin , time . Blian is literally milk - time , which is ...
Iné vydania - Zobraziť všetky
Essays on the Origin of Society, Language, Property, Government ... James Grant Úplné zobrazenie - 1785 |
Essays on the Origin of Society, Language, Property, Government ... James Grant Úplné zobrazenie - 1785 |
Časté výrazy a frázy
accompliſhed affume againſt alfo Ammianus Marcellinus animal antient antient Germans arts authority Bello Gallico Brehon law Cæfar de Bello Caledonians cattle Celts chief circumftance civil common compound confiderable confifted conſtitute contracts Culdee cuſtoms defires denote diftinction diftribution diſtinguiſhed divifion Druids Engliſh eſtabliſhment eſteem exclufive property exerciſe exiſtence expreffed facred faid fame favage fays fenfe ferve fexes fignifies fimple firſt fituation fome ftate fubject fuch fufficient fuperior furniſhed Galic language Galic word Gauls Greek himſelf houſe human fpecies increaſe intereft itſelf juſtice laſt Latin language mankind manners marriage means of fubfiftence meaſures mind moſt muſt natural neceffary O-Callaghan obferved occafion Offian original paffion perfon poffeffed poffeffion preſent preſervation prieſts primeval primitive fociety procure promife puniſhment reaſon refpect rude nations Scotland ſeems ſenſe ſhould ſtages ſtate ſtate of fociety ſtock ſyſtem Tacitus thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion tribe underſtood uſed Volca
Populárne pasáže
Strana 145 - Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people : for all the earth is mine : And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.
Strana 139 - There were giants in the earth in those days ; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
Strana 3 - And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every, tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food ; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Strana 139 - The land through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it, are men of a great stature. And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants : and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
Strana 201 - In procreation common to all kinds (Though higher of the genial Bed by far, And with mysterious reverence I deem) So much delights me, as those graceful acts, Those thousand decencies that daily flow From all her words and actions, mixt with Love And sweet compliance, which declare unfeign'd Union of Mind, or in us both one Soul; Harmony to behold in wedded pair More grateful than harmonious sound to the ear.
Strana 145 - And all the people answered together, and said, All that the Lord hath spoken we will do.
Strana 139 - And it came to pass, when men began to multiply upon the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were fair ; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Strana 82 - The victim falls; they strip the smoking hide, The beast they quarter, and the joints divide; Then spread the tables, the repast prepare, Each takes his seat, and each receives his share.
Strana 189 - E. that would furnish them for a time with subsistence, and left behind them when, after it was exhausted, they went away : But in places where they remained only for a night or two, they slept without any shelter, except the bushes or grass, which is here near two feet high.
Strana 188 - Terra del Fuego, and in some respects they are inferior even to them. At Botany Bay, where they were best, they were just high enough for a man to sit upright in ; but not large enough for him to extend himself in his whole length in any direction : they are built with pliable rods about as thick as a man's finger, in the form of an oven, by sticking...