 Every word which is used to express a moral or intellectual fact, if traced to its root, is found to be borrowed from some material appearance. Right means straight; wrong means twisted. Spirit primarily means wind; transgression, the crossing of a line;...  NATURE, ADDRESSES, AND LECTURES - 27 psl.autoriai: RALPH WALDO EMERSON - 1883Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
 | 1873 - 808 psl.
...all, that all words which express abstract ideas are borrowed from some material appearance. ' Right means straight ; wrong means twisted. Spirit primarily...line ; supercilious, the raising of the eyebrow.' We know that anima in Latin means the wind, the breath of living beings, life, and lastly, soul. Sallust... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1873 - 840 psl.
...all, that all words which express abstract ideas are borrowed from some material appearance. ' Right means straight ; wrong means twisted. Spirit primarily...line ; supercilious, the raising of the eyebrow.' We know that anima in Latin means the wind, the breath of living beings, life, and lastly, soul. Sallust... | |
 | 1873 - 824 psl.
...abstract ideas are borrowed from some material appearance. ' Eight means straight; ipron^meanstwisted. Spirit primarily means wind ; transgression, the crossing...line ; supercilious, the raising of the eyebrow." We know that anima in Latin means the wind, the breath of living beings, life, and lastly sonl. Sallnst... | |
 | 1873 - 842 psl.
...all, that all words which express abstract ideas are borrowed from some material appearance. "Right means straight; wrong means twisted. Spirit primarily means wind ; transgression, the crossing of a * Lectures OK the Science of Language, II. p. 77. t Letters, Lectures, ftnd Reviews, by-HL Man? t See... | |
 | Edward Hayes Plumptre - 1874 - 836 psl.
...traced back to the root, are found to bo borrowed from some material appearance. "Right originally means straight ; wrong means twisted ; spirit primarily...eyebrow. We say the heart to express emotion ; the /(••".•/ to denote thought; and thought and emotion • are in their turn words borrowed from... | |
 | 1875 - 324 psl.
...intellectual fact, if traced to its root, is found to be borrowed from some material appearance. Eight means straight; wrong means twisted. Spirit primarily...a line ; supercilious, the raising of the eyebrow. sensible things, and now appropriated to spiritual nature. Most of the process by which this transformation... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 336 psl.
...intellectual fact, if traced to its root, is found to be borrowed from some material appearance. Right means straight ; wrong means twisted. Spirit primarily...transformation is made is hidden from us in the remote time whcn language was framed ; but the same tendency may he daily observed in children. Children and savages... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 326 psl.
...intellectual fact, if traced to its root, is found to be borrowed from some material appearance. Right means straight ; wrong means twisted. Spirit primarily...expres^s emotion, the head to denote thought ; and ///ought and emotion are words borrowed from sensible things, and now appropriated to spiritual nature.... | |
 | Herbert William Morris - 1876 - 736 psl.
...which express abstract ideas are borrowed from some material appearance. Right means straight ; v^rong means twisted. Spirit primarily means wind; transgression,...line ; supercilious, the raising of the eyebrow." f Thus the words composing language are derived from and are expressive of definite properties, relations,... | |
 | Edward Hayes Plumptre - 1877 - 802 psl.
...Right originally means straight ; wrong moans twisted ; spirit primarily moans wind; transgression, tho crossing of a line ; supercilious, the raising of...head to denote thought; and thought and emotion are in their turn words borrowed from sensible thingj and now appropriated to spiritual nature. Most of... | |
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