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... transferred from de- noting a part of a plant to denote a part of a book , which resembled in form the leaf of a tree : thus CUP ( calix ) is transferred by botanists to signify a part of a flower , which it resembles ; thus we speak of ...
... transferred from de- noting a part of a plant to denote a part of a book , which resembled in form the leaf of a tree : thus CUP ( calix ) is transferred by botanists to signify a part of a flower , which it resembles ; thus we speak of ...
Page 107
... transferred to the similar or analogous part of inanimate ob- jects , as the neck of a bottle . Where the analogy or resemblance is so close , as in this instance , we are scarcely sensible that we use a metaphor . † LIFE and DEATH are ...
... transferred to the similar or analogous part of inanimate ob- jects , as the neck of a bottle . Where the analogy or resemblance is so close , as in this instance , we are scarcely sensible that we use a metaphor . † LIFE and DEATH are ...
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... transferred to LIFE . A BRANCH of a river is another metaphorical expression , so natural , that it might be used un- consciously . And similar remarks might be made with regard to head , mouth , & c . Mr. Tooke has said nothing ...
... transferred to LIFE . A BRANCH of a river is another metaphorical expression , so natural , that it might be used un- consciously . And similar remarks might be made with regard to head , mouth , & c . Mr. Tooke has said nothing ...
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... transferred to other things , from their resemblance to the thing first denoted by it , would have made " the meaning , " which he has brought to light , with so much research , appear a thing ( not , indeed , unworthy of his research ...
... transferred to other things , from their resemblance to the thing first denoted by it , would have made " the meaning , " which he has brought to light , with so much research , appear a thing ( not , indeed , unworthy of his research ...
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... transferred to denote a language or speech , which it is con- sidered the principal organ in uttering or mo- dulating . PEN is sometimes put for an author . This produced the animadversions of some of our ablest pens , Addison , Swift ...
... transferred to denote a language or speech , which it is con- sidered the principal organ in uttering or mo- dulating . PEN is sometimes put for an author . This produced the animadversions of some of our ablest pens , Addison , Swift ...
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alii analogy Anglo Anglosaxon verb anima animi animus applied autem bodily act body breath called Chaucer Cicero ciple common conjecture connexion derived diminutive DINLE Diversions of Purley Douglas's Virgil Dryden effect Eneid English verbs etymo etymologists etymology expression fleog-an formed the frequentative French frequentative verbs GAST German ghost GLITTERING Gothic heaved hence Ibid instance Jamieson Johnson King Lear language Lapwing Latin Latin language Lindsay living principle metaphor metonymy Milton mind Moso-Gothic nature nouns objects old English opinion past parti past participle past tense perhaps philosophers Pope prefix preterite and past quæ Quintilian quod quotes resemblance Romeo and Juliet saxon Scotch Scotland seems sense signify similar simply and merely soul or spirit speak spiritus subtile supposed term thing thinking principle thou tongue Tooke Tooke's transferred trope truth verbs ending WANDER WAVER WELTER Wending whence wind word wraith
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