Anti-Tooke, or an Analysis of the Principles and Structure of Language, Exemplified in the English Tongue (Classic Reprint) - Tapa dura

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It is butwlittle to say, that' the enacting and ens forcing of laws the conducting of war and offpoli tics; thejbequeathing of our possessions, and~the disposition of our private affairs; are vitally intervent mith the import ascribed to 'words considered as the Signs of our Ideas. If a familiar ekarnple of this truth can be requisite; We have only to be ref minded of the diferem and often incompatible done structions which are daily given, by different Law. Yers and 'magis_trates,f to the wording of a Will; the'drawing of a Contract, or the intent Of an Act of Parliament: by which construction, the Pre perty, the Liberty, or the Life, of an Individual, or Of a N umber Of individuals, may be placed in jeopardy.

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