Thesaurus of English words and phrases, classified so as to facilitate the expression of ideas1853 |
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... present form ; trusting to the indulgence of those for whose benefit it is intended , and to the candour of critics , who , while they find it easy to detect faults , can , at the same time , duly appreciate difficulties . 18. Upper ...
... present form ; trusting to the indulgence of those for whose benefit it is intended , and to the candour of critics , who , while they find it easy to detect faults , can , at the same time , duly appreciate difficulties . 18. Upper ...
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... present undertaking is exactly the converse of this ; namely , -The idea being given , to find the word , or words , by which that idea may be most fitly and aptly expressed . For this purpose , the words and phrases of the language are ...
... present undertaking is exactly the converse of this ; namely , -The idea being given , to find the word , or words , by which that idea may be most fitly and aptly expressed . For this purpose , the words and phrases of the language are ...
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... present themselves in their most formidable aspect . However distinct may be our views , however vivid our conceptions , or however fervent our emotions , we cannot but be often conscious that the phraseology we have at our command is ...
... present themselves in their most formidable aspect . However distinct may be our views , however vivid our conceptions , or however fervent our emotions , we cannot but be often conscious that the phraseology we have at our command is ...
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... present Work will be appreciated more especially by those who are engaged in the arduous process of translating into English a work written in another lan- guage . Simple as the operation may appear , on a super- ficial view , of ...
... present Work will be appreciated more especially by those who are engaged in the arduous process of translating into English a work written in another lan- guage . Simple as the operation may appear , on a super- ficial view , of ...
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... present age , when so many different languages have become the depositories of the vast treasures of litera- ture and of science which have been accumulating for cen- turies , the utility of accurate translations has greatly in- creased ...
... present age , when so many different languages have become the depositories of the vast treasures of litera- ture and of science which have been accumulating for cen- turies , the utility of accurate translations has greatly in- creased ...
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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...