 | Hugh Blair - 1787 - 482 sivua
...to imitate, by the found of the voice, the quality of the found or noife which any external objedt made ; and to form its name accordingly. Thus, in all Languages, we find a multitude of words that arc evidently conftructed upon this principle. A certain bird is termed the Cuckoo, from the found... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1793 - 518 sivua
...Nothing was more natural, than to imitate, by the found of the voice, the quality of the found or noife which any external object made ; and to form its -name...accordingly. Thus, in all languages, we find a multitude of vords that are evidently conflrucled upon this principle. A certain bird is termed the cuckoo, from... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1807 - 406 sivua
...named, in which sound, noise, or motion were concerned, the imitation by words was abundantly obvious. Nothing was more natural, than to imitate, by the...Thus, in all Languages, we find a multitude of words that are evidendy constructed upon this principle. A certasn bird is termed the Cuckoo, from the sound... | |
 | John Evans - 1807 - 318 sivua
...named, in which sound, noise, or motion were concerned, the imitation by words was abundantly ob\-ious. Nothing was more natural than to imitate, by the sound...name accordingly. Thus in all languages we find a multitnde, of words that are evidently constructed upon tttis principle. A certain bird is termed the... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1808 - 330 sivua
...in which sound, noise, or ."notion was concerned, the imitation by words was- sufficierttly obvious. Nothing was more natural, than to imitate by the sound of the voice the quality of the sound or nofse' which any external object produced ; and to form its name accordingly. Thus in all languages... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 sivua
...imitation by words was abundantly obvious. Nothing was more natural, than to imitate, by the sound ofthe voice, the quality of the sound or noise which any...Thus, in all languages, we find a multitude of words that are evidently cons ructed upon this principle. A certain bird is termed the cuckoo, from the sound... | |
 | Encyclopaedias, John Millard - 1813 - 712 sivua
...given by Adam, bear a striking analogy to the individuals they represent. In the infancy of language, nothing was more natural than to imitate by the sound of the voice, the noise produced by external objects ; a number of words may be discovered, constructed upon this principle.... | |
 | John Millard - 1813 - 704 sivua
...given by Adam, bear a striking analogy to the individuals they represent. In the infancy of language, nothing was more natural than to imitate by the sound of the voice, the noise produced by external objects; a number of words may be discovered, constructed upon this principle.... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1813 - 296 sivua
...named, in whieh sound, noise, or motion was eoneerned, the imitation by words was suffieiently obvious. Nothing was more natural than to imitate by the sound of the voiee the quality of the sound or noise .whieh any external objeet produeed ; and to form its name... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1818 - 266 sivua
...named, in which sound, noise or motion was concerned, the imitation by words was sufficiently obvious. Nothing was more natural than to imitate by the sound...quality of the sound or noise which any external object produced, and to form its name accordingly. Thus in all languages we discover a multitude of words,... | |
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Thus, in all languages, we find a multitude of words that are evidently constructed upon this principle. A certain bird is termed the cuckoo, from the sound which it emits. When one sort of wind is said to whistle, and another to roar ; when a serpent... 
