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) |
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Strana 43
... other animals , * On this fubject , fee what the very learned and ingenious Author of " The Origin and Progrefs of Language " has written . G 2 Man's Man's organs of speech would naturally be ex- erted to ORIGIN OF LANGUAG E. 43.
... other animals , * On this fubject , fee what the very learned and ingenious Author of " The Origin and Progrefs of Language " has written . G 2 Man's Man's organs of speech would naturally be ex- erted to ORIGIN OF LANGUAG E. 43.
Strana 49
... learned in the Greek lan- guage , that the Galic word Be is the root of the Greek noun Bos , which fignifies life , and alfo fufte- nance . It will be remarked alfo , that B is used to fignify a bow , which was the chief instrument used ...
... learned in the Greek lan- guage , that the Galic word Be is the root of the Greek noun Bos , which fignifies life , and alfo fufte- nance . It will be remarked alfo , that B is used to fignify a bow , which was the chief instrument used ...
Strana 56
... learned to cherish prejudices . A well- informed mind will be inclined to examine every propofition with candour and liberality . THE Oeos of the Greeks , and the Deus of the Latins , both fignifying God , are compounded of two Galic ...
... learned to cherish prejudices . A well- informed mind will be inclined to examine every propofition with candour and liberality . THE Oeos of the Greeks , and the Deus of the Latins , both fignifying God , are compounded of two Galic ...
Strana 57
... learned , that the combined words of Edap form the roots of the Greek and Latin words Ed , edo , Agow , aro . Edga , which fignifies a feat , has an evident re- ference to food . The word is compounded of two Galic words , Ed and Tra ...
... learned , that the combined words of Edap form the roots of the Greek and Latin words Ed , edo , Agow , aro . Edga , which fignifies a feat , has an evident re- ference to food . The word is compounded of two Galic words , Ed and Tra ...
Strana 81
... learned Father fays of himself , “ It has " happened to me , that , being about to entertain " fome perfons who had been serviceable to me , ❝ at dinner - time , I obferved the number of my " guests greatly increased ; whereupon ...
... learned Father fays of himself , “ It has " happened to me , that , being about to entertain " fome perfons who had been serviceable to me , ❝ at dinner - time , I obferved the number of my " guests greatly increased ; whereupon ...
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Essays on the Origin of Society, Language, Property, Government ... James Grant Úplné zobrazenie - 1785 |
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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...