Thesaurus of English words and phrases, classified so as to facilitate the expression of ideas1853 |
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... language , a desideratum hitherto unsupplied in any language ; namely , a collection of the words it contains and of the idiomatic combinations peculiar to it , arranged , not in alphabetical order as they are in a Dictionary , but ...
... language , a desideratum hitherto unsupplied in any language ; namely , a collection of the words it contains and of the idiomatic combinations peculiar to it , arranged , not in alphabetical order as they are in a Dictionary , but ...
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... language . To the acquisition of this power no procedure appears more directly conducive than the study of a methodized system such as that now offered to his use . The utility of the present Work will be appreciated more especially by ...
... language . To the acquisition of this power no procedure appears more directly conducive than the study of a methodized system such as that now offered to his use . The utility of the present Work will be appreciated more especially by ...
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... language and felicity of diction , which are the sources of the highest oratory , and are requisite for the possession of a graceful and persuasive eloquence . By rendering ourselves the faithful interpreters of the thoughts and ...
... language and felicity of diction , which are the sources of the highest oratory , and are requisite for the possession of a graceful and persuasive eloquence . By rendering ourselves the faithful interpreters of the thoughts and ...
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... language , and that every one should acquire the power and the habit of expressing his thoughts with perspicuity and correctness . Few , indeed , can appre- ciate the real extent and importance of that influence which language has ...
... language , and that every one should acquire the power and the habit of expressing his thoughts with perspicuity and correctness . Few , indeed , can appre- ciate the real extent and importance of that influence which language has ...
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... language , my chief aim has been to obtain the greatest amount of practical utility . I have accordingly adopted such principles of arrangement as appeared to me to be the simplest and most natural , and which would not require , either ...
... language , my chief aim has been to obtain the greatest amount of practical utility . I have accordingly adopted such principles of arrangement as appeared to me to be the simplest and most natural , and which would not require , either ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
abstract Aerostatics AFFECTIONS agitate Alectryomancy Aleuromancy allodium appulse arms atonement bear beat bend blind blow Brabbler break breath bring Cæsura Calefaction cast catch cause Ceromancy cheer chevaux de frise close cold colour Coscinomancy coup coup de grâce Crithomancy degree discord dishonor draw dull evil excite express fair faith fall false fancy fire flow foot foul give ground hang Haruspicy heart heels hold honor ideas intellect keep language lenitive light look maleficent matter meaning ment mind moral motion mouth ness nidorous one's eyes one's hands one's head oneself ornament pain palæstra PASIGRAPHIE pass play prostrate Quadrisection quantity relation render ridiculous Science Sciomancy set one's shade shake slip sound spirit stand stick strike style subduct taste thought throw tion trifle turn ugly Unconformity VOLITION wind words
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Página 10 - It is by such analysis alone that we can arrive at a clear perception of the relation which these symbols bear to their corresponding ideas, or can obtain a correct knowledge of the elements which enter into the formation of compound ideas, and of the exclusions by which we arrive at the abstractions so perpetually resorted to in the process of reasoning, and in the communication of our thoughts. Lastly, such analyses alone can determine the principles on which a strictly Philosophical Language might...
Página 9 - The principle by which I have been guided in framing my verbal classification is the same as that which is employed in the various departments of Natural History. Thus the sectional divisions I have formed correspond to Natural Families in Botany and Zoology, and the filiation of words presents a network analogous to the natural filiation of plants or animals.
Página 7 - Lion will find a place under the head of Courage, of which it is regarded as the type. Anchor, being emblematic of Hope, is introduced among the words expressing that emotion; and in like manner, butterfly and weathercock, which are suggestive of fickleness, are included in the category of Irresolution. With regard to the admission of many words and expressions, which the classical reader might be disposed to condemn as vulgarisms, or which he, perhaps, might stigmatize as pertaining rather to the...