A philosophical amusement upon the language of beasts / Written originally in French. By Father Bougeant ... , now confined at La Fleche on account of this work.
- Bougeant, père, 1690-1743. Amusement philosophique sur le langage des bêtes
- Date:
- 1739
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A philosophical amusement upon the language of beasts / Written originally in French. By Father Bougeant ... , now confined at La Fleche on account of this work. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Fear or Diftruft were. She undoubtedly few that the Serpent was no more than the Organ of fome fuperior Power. This even raifed her Cu~ riofity, and the more becaufe, being born immor¬ tal and free from Pain, fhe knew very well that lhe had nothing to fear*, and her Curiofity Fill increafing her Rafhnefs, flae made the fatal Trial of her own Frailty. You fee that nothing but Truth will do with me. Give me leave how¬ ever to take advantage of the abovementioned Text of St. Bafil, tofupport my Opinion concern¬ ing the Language of Bealls. For if they under- Hood each other and fpoke rationally in the ter- refbrial Paradife, that is with Knowledge, to the purpofe, and agreeably to their Wants, why ihould they have loll this Prerogative ? It is time for me to put an End to this final] Piece. I am ready to return to Baris, and I in¬ tend that it fhall go thither before me *, that you may have time enough to refledt on it, and ac¬ quaint me with your Opinion of it at my return. But fhall I then conclude without giving you a particular Didtionary of the Language of Bealls ? That mull be: For you are fenfible that the thing is impollible. There would be as many different Didlionaries as there are different Species of Bealls. ’Tis true each Didlionary would be very Ihort, but their Number would be infinite* To give you that of the feathered Kind I muff be able to dillinguifh and prick down thç Quarters and half Quarters of the Tones which their Lan¬ guage is' compofed of. I fhould be able to lillen to all they fay in very different Occurrences, and they are fo very fprightly and wild a Nation, that it is impoffible to follow them. The Canary-bird is the moll familiar. There¬ fore you will be able with a little Attention to hnd](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30376166_0069.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
