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... foot of a table , or. GRAMMATICAL METAPHOR . - There is a sec- ond class of metaphors , arising , it would seem , from an imperfection of grammar rather than from any necessity of thought , though on closer examination we should probably ...
... foot of a table , or. GRAMMATICAL METAPHOR . - There is a sec- ond class of metaphors , arising , it would seem , from an imperfection of grammar rather than from any necessity of thought , though on closer examination we should probably ...
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called sensuous knowledge the foot of a table , or the foot of a mountain before we gave it a name . The carpenter who made the foot knew it as a piece of wood , as a stick , as properly shaped , whether square or round . But until he ...
called sensuous knowledge the foot of a table , or the foot of a mountain before we gave it a name . The carpenter who made the foot knew it as a piece of wood , as a stick , as properly shaped , whether square or round . But until he ...
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