English Synonymes With Copious Illustrations And Explanations Drawn From the B
English Synonymes With Copious Illustrations And Explanations Drawn From the B
George Crabb
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— Drydkn. When we wish to represent a thing as receiving the accidental qualities which distinguish it from others, we talk of shaping it : the potter shapes the clay ; the milliner shapis the bonnet; a man shapes his actions to the humours of another ; ' Those nature hath shaped with a great head, narrow breast, and shoulders sticking out, seem much inclined to a con- sumption. ' — Hakvey. Nature has formed all animated beings with an In- stinctive desire of self-preservation. Creatures fa- sh...ioned like ourselves with flesh and blood cannot at- tain to the perfection of spirilual beings. It is sup- posed by some that the human mind may be moulded upon the principles of art at the will of the instructer, with the same ease that wax may be shaped into the 294 ENGLISH SYNONYMES. figure of a bird, a beast, or a man, at the pleasure of the artist. This is however true only iu part. TO FORM, COMPOSE, CONSTITUTE. Form (, v. Form, fig^ure) signifies to give a form; compose has the same signification as given under the head To compose, settle; and constitute that given under the head of To constitute.
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