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vERSIT Vd:!Fuf<J "thrnllgh al1 , the Cource of

dij/infli.n,

nU1IIh:r,

and of

O' d<r.

Now, it is lO expreCs in filme

degr:e the

7/lodij,alionl

rhiJ

dlV'PI},

tl,at

ll·

JUN c r lVE CONJUHTION;Ceem at fidl to h¡ve becn in–

vented.

Of theCe

diJjulI1iivn,

fOnte are SltI PL S, Come ADVER –

SATIVE .

Simpl,;

aswhenweCay, EITHER

¡, ÍI

day,

I/ighl :- .4dv(r[oliw.;

as when we

C' y,

j¡

~.,

'!")',

BUT

il nighl ,

T he dilf(rence bellveen theCe IS, ,h,t

the

ji.llpl,

du llU more thAn

""rel)'

Jlsjoio; the

adv'1,¡

liO{

disjui" Wilh .a concomilJnt

opp:ji/Jon.

AJd

loi;,

that lhe

adv"jJliv,

are

d<jnil';

lhe

fl/l/, Ie illdrfil/ll'.

Thus, when we

Cay,

16,

nUl/16,r Ih",.

011

CV.r'I

IIl1l11bu,

BUT

an .dd;

v/e not only

dl/Jol1l

two oppuhte

attributes, but we

d''p,,;t :/y

aflirl1l one, and denv ti>" o·

ther. Sllt IVhen IV. fAY,

I/',

n/llllb,,'¡ Ihe flar, il

Ll'

'i'

HE R

,ven

o R

odd;

though IV. aífcrt OMe dltl ibute

be,

aod lhe other

nol

l O

6t,

yet lh< .!

tero.li

,'e is oOtWilh·

lIaodine Idl

illd.pl/ile.

As to

adverfalive dÍlj u"fi':v",

it has beeo alrtauy

f.id,

that they imply OPPOSIT ION.

011',

lhere

Ca"

no oppoCltion of lhe

111'

;Ittribule in lhe

fO IIl'

Cubj cél;

as IVheo we Cay,

NU'UI1UI1J beJlllifJI:

bUl the oproG.

tion mu(l be eilher of the

jUlle

attnbme in differellt fub·

j ~éls,

as IVhen we fay,

"Brul/I'

was a

palrint,

BUT

C.,·

fa r

lVas not ¡" or of

differnll

anribulcs in the

) 0111<

fub·

jcél, as when we f.y , ."

Corgitll

was a

Pfhij/,

~UT

not

phi!Gfopher;"

oC dijerenl

~ttribut(s

d'.ff,rrnr

Cub·

jefts, as when we f.y, ..

PI. ,o

was a

th¡f.jopher,

81'T

Hippial

lVas

j bphij/."

T he conjuoéllons uled fo r

theCe purpoCes may be called

a¿fol.llt

ad,'cl f.tives.

But there are

olher

adverCativ"s berides IheC,,; as whcn

\Ve Cay,

"Ne,,",

lVas more beautiful TIlAN

Achilln;–

Virgil

\Vas AS great a

P"I

Cie"o

IV.S an

oral.r."

T he chAnéler of thefe laner is, that they gil fanher than

lhe fbrm. r, by marking not only

opprjiliol1,

but

lh.lt

t ·

qua/ily

exccfl

wl,ieh anCes from rhe companfon of Cubo

jétts; and therefore ¡hey m..y be call d

odverjaliwl

.¡

(olllparifoll .

BeCldés the

~~verCatil'cs

here mentioned, there are two

ther

Cpeci~s,

of whi;h the mon

emil~c,1t

are UNLEss anel AL'

THo UGH: Fer ex 'lmple,

"Troy

wlII be t.ken, u

LESSthe

.., " ,d1u.llbe prerell·eJ¡ 'Tr.y willbe takeo, ALT HOUGH

H,'flor

defcnd u." The nature of lh&

advcrr.ri'

és may

be lhus

expl.in

d. As every

eUf1l1

is nAturAlly allied tO

ilS

C<luje,

fo,

b¡

parity of re. foll, ir is opporcd

ilS

¡re·

t'!nl/!J(

;

and as C\'ery callfe is tithcr

a~,

qual e

¡"cld,–

qual.,

(inadequate, when it eOl'eavours, wnhollt being

effeélual), Co In like manoer is. erery

prtv:nlive..

No~',

IId,quale

rr"VenllVes aleexpreHed by fllch advelfa'l v<s-as

UNL.SS

: ,.

7roy

lVill be token, UNJ. EsS the

P,'¡It;dl/l /JI

prefervcd ' " Ihat is, thal lhis alone

i~f/ljJi"i,n!

ro preveO!

it. The

'indd,qllol'

are exprefl'.d by luch adverCatil'cs

ALT HO UG ll: "'Tro)' will be tdkon, ALTHOl'GH

fldlor

defend il ;., lhat is,

Heno'-' s

dLfcnce will I'lOve

h ,.!" ,

Iual.

T béfe may be c,,!led advcrCatives A)) EQ"vA

"nd

INAnF. Q,u.H E.

B. fore lVe leave this fubj ct!, we mal' ohfcrl'c, lhat lhe

words

.uhen

and

'JJh,rt,

and all olhélSof the

rall1~

na–

turc f\lch as

'tp},ellre.

"U /'tlh:r,

w/J' !i, Vt'r,

'1uher,·e'"Jfr,

Ó c.

'may be

c.llI~d

A DV

U DI

AL conjunt!.ons ;

b~cauCe

they

i1t

participare the nature bOlh of auvefbs

ana

coojuntli<l1ll:

(lJl/lun(!J(Jlu,

lhry

cOlljJil1

flotc!n::es ;

advu6/,

as they denotc

th~

2tll ibUtes errher of

Ijm~

place.

And

Iocr"

adtw6,,1

cunjunéiiolls (contwy tO the ch••

,,(t~r

o'<-';["')

words, which

hav~

Hriél!y

lignifica.

lion but " htll .{fociateu with mi'er \lords)

b.ve

a kiod

.6ft

Urt

1Hr.cAtion wheo la!..en alone,

denotin~

tbcC~

AttribllllVtS of tiOle and placc. And hence it i"

lh" lhey . p:>c.r in gran,"l" hke

ZOQph)'lrl

in nllure, a

klnd of miJJI. b,..¡gs. of anl{ hibious

clwaé\cr,

~hieh,

111..

in~

the mnbute¡ of the high: r aoJ lue luwer.

conduce to

¡'"k

lhe whule tog.!tl,tr.

Scélion

JhOfc

Con:1!L'l:i

cs,

co1Jted

PIlE–

P OSIT IO;-¡S.

PREPC)SITION

parl

!rcrch

d!'Joid il(e!(,(ji;.

ni/lc(lflrm ,

h!lr

fin",.:!

(JJ

uniu

1f'ItIO

w'Jr{/¡

Ihllf

,Jr:

}lj llljCOIII I1n1

11,.,

r~rllfo

,.01,("

IhclIIMvu.

-rhis cooneélive power. (lVh,ch rd.t!! ro IVl,rds only. and

not to fentences) will be bet er und:rllood by the follo,v.

iog obfel \·.tiros.

Some tlllngs naturally c(.alefce ar.d Imite of

Ih".r.·lvrr,

whilo olhers refufe

with.'1I

h,/~ .

and as it

w~,e

by colllpul;'on For exarr.rle, all quant:ties and qua ,ilies

coaldce immediately wlth

llI~ir

fublhoces: tbus it is \Ve

f. y,

Jiu"

lion,

V.,¡i1ll01lr.IOiJl,

&c. In like mao·

n r aélions cOllefce wi,h their

a~ents,

and plOions \Vilh

their patiénts : tbus it is .....e f.y,

AI,xander conquerl,

j)"rtul

conv'¡erd.

Nay, as el'ery encrgy is a kind

01'

medium bctween its agenl a"d patient, the whole ,hree,

agent, entrgy, and p;¡tient, co.defce with the fAme f"di ·

ty; as wheo \Ve Cay,

Al,xwtlu CQnq"(" {) .'rillJ.

Fareher

than this, as the greateff pan of anriblltive; lhemfdves

may be charaéleriftd, as when lVe (ay offuch atlfibulives

.rdn,

brauliJul. l"orr.,tI,

&c. " he ran

f1JJifl~"

!be

\V.lS

'''1')'

be,uliful, he was

'lIQderot,/y

learntd"

tic.

thef. mul! rcadily coalefce \Vi,h lhe attributes which they

thus ch.. atleriCe. !-'rom all which it appears,

thall~,je

parl' o[ )p.e.-h

u"he

o(Ih!lli:lvtl in

t raln1n!Jr

whofo

o·

rigiw'¡ arch" JP" IUlil' _[ Ih!ll¡folvtl ill nolllle.

Heoce,

therefore, it is, tbat altbough fu b(lAnces naturally eoin·

cide \Vith their attributes, yel they abfolutely refuCe

doing fo one Wilh anolher: ana hence thofe know"

maxllns in rhl'C1cs. that

b~~1

i/ll¡><nelrablr,

lhat

Iw'

boJi!!

CtlJl/¡.¡1

/''1lifi

Ih, f.JlIt

pI.,'"

&e.

From thefe principies it follolVs, that ,lIhen we forma

fenlcnce . the fuhlhoce Wilholll diflicullY

coin:iu~s

Wil'

the verb, from th nalural coincidence of fllh(lan,e wilh

energy;

Ihe

su s WA RME TH : fo likewife lhe enelgy

\VIeh lhe fubj et1 on which it operates; WARME"H

Ihe

KTH:

fo likewife bOlh fubflancé and encrgy Wilh lheir

proper

attribut~s ;

Ih,

SPLEND ID SUN GENI<ILI.\·

W,IRMETH

Ihe

FERTILE EARTH. But CJppore 've are

to add other fub(bnl il'es, as. for iollaoee.

nir,

hta,n¡ ;

huw coulJ thefe coincidé,

under what chara,'ler

iotrcduced! not

ei,~er

as the

' f(ugizer

of lhe

v~rb,

nor

. s

Ih,

(lIhjtn

whlCh

oper.lrJ;

for both of

lh~Ce

places·. re already

fiJl ed

up, the lidl by lhe word su ,

anJ lhe Ion by ¡he fuollance

EAnH:

not as

01l,,6ulft

tO t!:e!t

Id,

or to aDy other thing;

fUf

.ltJ,ib~t

na·

t-,re