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... 178 – A Knowledge of this fact , and its Results are Necessary to an Intelligent
Use of Language , 179 . XVI . MEANINGS OF PHRASES AS DETERMINED BY
ASSOCIATION OR COMPARISON 180-185 Language , a Process in which
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... 178 – A Knowledge of this fact , and its Results are Necessary to an Intelligent
Use of Language , 179 . XVI . MEANINGS OF PHRASES AS DETERMINED BY
ASSOCIATION OR COMPARISON 180-185 Language , a Process in which
words ...
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... 226 — Representation , if Direct , must communicate mainly what can he seen
or heard , 228 - Inward Mental Processes can be pictured outwardly and
materially only by Indirect Representation , 228 — Examples of this Fact from
Longfellow ...
... 226 — Representation , if Direct , must communicate mainly what can he seen
or heard , 228 - Inward Mental Processes can be pictured outwardly and
materially only by Indirect Representation , 228 — Examples of this Fact from
Longfellow ...
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At the threshold of our undertaking , the first thing for us , of course , is to become
thoroughly acquainted with the facts of the case , and the fact of primary
importance for us here will be ascertained when , in some form , we have
answered the ...
At the threshold of our undertaking , the first thing for us , of course , is to become
thoroughly acquainted with the facts of the case , and the fact of primary
importance for us here will be ascertained when , in some form , we have
answered the ...
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This kind of language is little above the level of that of the brutes ; in fact , it is of
the same nature as theirs . The sounds seem to have a purely muscular or
nervous origin ; and for this reason may be supposed to have no necessary
connection ...
This kind of language is little above the level of that of the brutes ; in fact , it is of
the same nature as theirs . The sounds seem to have a purely muscular or
nervous origin ; and for this reason may be supposed to have no necessary
connection ...
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This fact shows that in a true sense these ejaculations are representative ; and to
recognize it , is all that is necessary for our present purpose . To show why they
are so , to explain how the various qualities and movements of sounds can be ...
This fact shows that in a true sense these ejaculations are representative ; and to
recognize it , is all that is necessary for our present purpose . To show why they
are so , to explain how the various qualities and movements of sounds can be ...
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| Title | Poetry as a Representative Art: An Essay in Comparative Aesthetics Volume 3 of Comparative æsthetics, George Lansing Raymond |
| Author | George Lansing Raymond |
| Edition | 7 |
| Publisher | G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1899 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 9 Feb 2007 |
| ISBN | 0841472742, 9780841472747 |
| Length | 356 pages |
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