 | Adam Smith - 1767 - 504 σελίδες
...to another river, would he not readily have called it a river ? Could we fuppofe any perfon livingon the banks of the Thames fo ignorant, as not to know...acquainted with the general word, are very apt to do. An Englifhman, defcribing any great river which he may have feen in fome foreign country, naturally fays,... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1767 - 498 σελίδες
...river, would he not readily have called it a river ? Could we fuppofe any perfon living on the hanks of the Thames fo ignorant, as not to know the general...acquainted with the general word, are very apt to do. An Englimman, defcribing any great river which he may have feen in fome foreign country, naturally fays,... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1774 - 504 σελίδες
...individuals, I have known a clown, who did not know the proper name of the fiver whigh ran by his own, doofi It was, the river, he faid, and he never heard any...acquainted with the general word, are very apt to do. An Englifhman, defcribing any great river which he may have feen in fome foreign country, naturally fays,... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1777 - 450 σελίδες
...known a clown, who did. not know the proper name of the river which ran by his own door. It was I be river, he faid, and he never heard any other name...acquainted with the general word, are very apt to do. An Englifhman, defcribingany great river which he may have feen in fome foreign country, naturally fays,... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1792 - 490 σελίδες
...in his acceptance of it, a proper name figniDD 3 fying fying an individual object. If this perfott had been carried to another river, would he not readily...acquainted with the general word, are very apt to do. An Englifhman, defcribing any great river which he may have feen in feme foreign country, naturally fays,... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1793 - 340 σελίδες
...object. If this perfon had been carried to another river , would he not readily have called it a rivpr ? Could we fuppofe any perfon living on the banks of...are well acquainted with the general word, are very apfr to do. An Englifhman, defcribing any great^river which he may have feen in fome foreign country... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1804 - 408 σελίδες
...as not to know the general word riveri, but to be acquainted only with the particular word Thafaes, if he was brought to any other .river, would he not readily call it a Thames f This, in reality, is no more than what they, who ' are well acquainted with the general *.'?«sbrv... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1811 - 602 σελίδες
...as not to know the general word rirer, but to be acquainted only with the particular word T/iames, if he was brought to any other river, would he not...acquainted with the general word, are very apt to do. An Englifhman, defcribing any great fiver which he may have feen in fome foreign country, naturally fays,... | |
 | Thomas Brown - 1822 - 546 σελίδες
...not readily have called it a river? Could we suppose any person living on the banks of the Thames so ignorant, as not to know the general word river, but to be acquaintpd only with the particular word Thames, if he was brought to any other river, would he not... | |
 | Thomas Brown - 1824 - 490 σελίδες
...not readily have called it a river ? Could we suppose any person living on the banks of the Thames so ignorant, as not to know the general word river, but...readily call it a Thames ? This, in reality, is no more thau what they, who are well acquainted with the general word, are very' apt to do. An Englishman,... | |
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Could we suppose any person living on the banks of the Thames so ignorant, as not to know the general word river, but to be acquainted only with the particular word Thames, if he was brought to any other river, would he not readily call it a Thames? 
