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1831 Decr 9
Nomography.
1 Exception excepted, forbear to put sentences
more than one into one and the same Article
2. Exception excepted, forbear to put propositions
more than one, into one and the same sentence.
3. Ways in which propositions more than
one are capable of having place in one and the same
sentence.
1. Who to one and the same verb there are substitutions
more than one, with or without attribution attached expressive of agents in on the occasion of the action
to which expression is given by the verb
2. When to one and the same verb there are substantives
with or without the respe the attribution respectively attached
to them, those substantives being expressive of passiveness
on the occasion of the action, to which expression is given by the
verb
☞ Go on and apply this to the other integral parts of speech
namely 1. Verbs. 2. Attributes of the first degree or say Adjectives. 3. Attributes of
the second degree or say Adverbs. Also to Exceptions: then exceptions
which in such long strings may be seen embedded in
Acts of Parliament drawn up upon the plan yet in use.
Note ( )
A beautiful exemplification of the manner in which sentences
and propositions are capable of being broken down
into these has concluded and ultimate not elementary
proposition – say the atomic proposition, is stands exhibited throughout
in and by Comyns's Digest of the Law of England.
In legal language, points is the name commonly employed
in speaking of those or say elementary or atomic propositions
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