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... ; then the genera may be classed under each order as expressing some general or leading principle , and the species under the genus , as it describing the latter more particularly . Let it be required INTRODUCTION . 13.
... ; then the genera may be classed under each order as expressing some general or leading principle , and the species under the genus , as it describing the latter more particularly . Let it be required INTRODUCTION . 13.
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... latter more particularly . Let it be required to discover the difference between to do and to make : -Applying the principle above explained , both words will fall under the order verb : -as to do expresses general action , it will be ...
... latter more particularly . Let it be required to discover the difference between to do and to make : -Applying the principle above explained , both words will fall under the order verb : -as to do expresses general action , it will be ...
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... latter expresses a power of receiving , and has a recipient or passive meaning ; whereas the former expresses a power to execute , and conse- quently has an active signification . Again , the idea of reason enters into the meaning of ...
... latter expresses a power of receiving , and has a recipient or passive meaning ; whereas the former expresses a power to execute , and conse- quently has an active signification . Again , the idea of reason enters into the meaning of ...
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... latter word . Brilliant is bright and something more , or it expresses a higher and more intensive de- gree of bright . A difference of degree will also mark the distinction between the words breeze and gale : a breeze signifies a ...
... latter word . Brilliant is bright and something more , or it expresses a higher and more intensive de- gree of bright . A difference of degree will also mark the distinction between the words breeze and gale : a breeze signifies a ...
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... latter expressing a more intensive degree of the former . Whenever the difference between two words may be accounted for on this principle , such words may be termed synonymes of intensity . A fourth class of differences may be formed ...
... latter expressing a more intensive degree of the former . Whenever the difference between two words may be accounted for on this principle , such words may be termed synonymes of intensity . A fourth class of differences may be formed ...
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