 The study of synonyms in any language is valuable as a discipline for training the mind to close and accurate habits of thought ; more especially is this the case in Greek — " a language spoken by a people of the finest and subtlest intellect ; who...  The Romance of Astronomy - Page 50by Robert Kalley Miller - 1873 - 146 pagesFull view - About this book
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...any language it must be, it must be eminently so in the Greek — a language spoken by a people of the finest and subtlest intellect : who saw distinctions,...were content to huddle confusedly under a common term ; who were themselves singularly alive to its value, diligently cultivating the art of synonymous distinction,1... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - Bible - 1854 - 276 pages
...any language it must be, it must be eminently so in the Greek — a language spoken by a people of the finest and subtlest intellect ; who saw distinctions...different words what others often were content to huddle under a common term ; who were themselves singularly alive to its value, diligently cultivating the... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (Archbishop of Dublin) - Greek language, Biblical - 1854 - 258 pages
...any language it must be, it must be eminently so in the Greek — a language spoken by a people of the finest and subtlest intellect ; who saw distinctions, where others saw none ; who divided out to dînèrent words what others often were content to huddle confusedly under a common term ; who were... | |
 | Theology - 1856 - 984 pages
...any language it must be, it must be eminently so in the Greek, — a language spoken by a people of the finest and subtlest intellect ; who saw distinctions...different words what others often were content to huddle under a common term ; who were themselves singularly alive to its value, diligently cultivating the... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - Bible - 1859 - 282 pages
...any language it must be, it must be eminently so in the Greek — a language spoken by a people of the finest and subtlest intellect ; who saw distinctions...different words what others often were content to huddle under a common term ; who were themselves singularly alive to its value, diligently cultivating the... | |
 | George Boole - Differential equations - 1865 - 344 pages
...habits of thought ; more especially is this the case in Greek — " a language spoken by a people of the finest and subtlest intellect ; who saw distinctions...huddle confusedly under a common term. This work is recognised as a valuable companion to every student of the New Testament in the original. This, the... | |
 | Missions - 1865 - 804 pages
...justly speaks of it as " ft language spoken by a people of the finest and subtlest intellect, who siw distinctions where others saw none, who divided out to different words what others were often content to huddle confusedly under a common term, who were themselves singularly alive to... | |
 | Sir John Budd Phear - 1866 - 272 pages
...habits of thought : more especially is this the case in Greek — "a language spoken by a people of the finest and subtlest intellect ; who saw distinctions...huddle confusedly under a common term. This work is recognised as a valuable companion to every student of the New Testament in the original. This, the... | |
 | William Stanley Jevons - Analogy - 1869 - 190 pages
...habits of thought : more especially is this the case in Greek — "a language spoken by a people of the finest and subtlest intellect ; who saw distinctions...huddle confusedly under a common term. This work is recognised as a valuable companion to every student of the New Testament in the original. This, the... | |
 | Richard William Church - Christian civilization - 1869 - 236 pages
...habits of thought ; more especially is this the case in Greek — "a language spoken by a people of the finest and subtlest intellect; who saw distinctions...content to huddle confusedly under a common term. . . . Where is it so desirable that we should miss nothing, that we should lose no finer intention... | |
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