 | James Gilchrist - 1816 - 296 pages
...over their books, as birds that entering by the chimney and finding themselves enclosed in a chamber, flutter at the false light of a glass window for want of wit to consider which way they came in. So that in the right definition of names lies the first use of speech,... | |
 | David Welsh - 1825 - 568 pages
...their books ; as birds that, entering by the chimney, and finding themselves enclosed in a chamber, flutter at the false light of a glass window, for want of wit to consider which way they came in." * I can conceive nothing that conveys a more vivid idea of the difficulty... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1836 - 538 pages
...over their books, as birds that entering by the chimney, and finding themselves enclosed in a chamber, flutter at the false light of a glass window, for want of wit to consider which way they came in. So that in the right definition of names, lies the first use of speech,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1836 - 526 pages
...over their books, as birds that entering by the chimney, and finding themselves enclosed in a chamber, flutter at the false light of a glass window, for want of wit to consider which way they came in. So that in the right definition of names, lies the first use of speech,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1836 - 372 pages
...over their books, as birds that entering by the chimney, and finding themselves enclosed in a chamber, flutter at the false light of a glass window, for want of wit to consider which way they came in. So that in the right definition of names, lies the first use of speech,... | |
 | Thomas Hobbes - 1839 - 766 pages
...their books ; as birds that entering by the chimney, and finding themselves enclosed in a chamber, flutter at the false light of a glass window, for want of wit to consider which way they came in./ So that in the right definition of names lies the first use of speech... | |
 | 1854 - 492 pages
...over their books ; as birds that enter by the chimney, and finding themselves enclosed in a chamber, flutter at the false light of a glass window, for want of wit to consider which way they came in. Thus in the right definition of names lies the first use of speech,... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1859 - 612 pages
...grounds, know not which way to clear themselves, but spend time in fluttering over their books, as birds that, entering by the chimney, flutter at the...false light of a glass window, for want of wit to consider which way they came in. So that in the right definition of names lies the first use of speech,... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1860 - 580 pages
...grounds, know not which way to clear themselves, but spend time in fluttering over their books, as birds that, entering by the chimney, flutter at the...false light of a glass window, for want of wit to consider which way they came in. So that in the right definition of names lies the first use of speech,... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 244 pages
...grounds, know not which way to clear themselves, but spend time in fluttering over their books, as birds that, entering by the chimney, flutter at the...false light of a glass window, for want of wit to consider which way they came in. So that in the right definition of names lies the first use of speech,... | |
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... at last finding the error visible, and not mistrusting their first grounds, know not which way to clear themselves, but spend time in fluttering over their books as birds that, entering by the chimney and finding themselves enclosed in a chamber,... 
