Essays on the origin of society, etc / Interspersed with illustrations from the Greek and Galic languages.
- James Grant of Corrimony
- Date:
- 1785
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Essays on the origin of society, etc / Interspersed with illustrations from the Greek and Galic languages. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![primitive Man carried. either for his defence or perfonal fafety, or for procuring fubfiftence; or the fkin of the animal, he had killed, and: which ferved to: cover his body from the inclemency of the weather , could be confidered as common to αἱ] πο members of the community. There were. fome things which, from their natural ufe, were fo neceflarily connected with an individual as to be deemed an appendage of his perfon, and Ὠε]ά to be his property while the attach- ment fubfifted. This idea of connection with, ‘or appendage of, perfon, is eariopiky illuftrated in the Galic language. THE poffeffive pronouns mine, thine, his, ours, yours, &c. are all fignificant of . exclufive pro~ ‘perty.. The correfponding words to εμείς, in the Galic language, are regularly exprefled by Leim, leut, lewe*, leinn, lei. To underftand the * The Galic.feholar will perceive that, according to ftrict re- gularity, is fhould be expreffed by ρε. E fignitying he or bim,, efe fignifies bimjelf.. Se in Galic has the fame force, and corres -fponds. exactly, with /elf or felves in Englith, It is ealy to dif~ COVETS,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33518865_0077.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
