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levite, circumcision, tabernacle, sanctuary, temple,&c.alcoran, or koran tlervis, mosque,mussulman,&c. satyrs,idolatry, penates, laves, nymphs, demigod, hero, destiny, daemon, genius, sacrifice, lustration,saturnalia, cerealia, &c. rex, pontifex, flamen, vestal, games, divination, oracle, sibyl, temple, fane,pagod, & c .
(93.) Moral Philosophy , or Ethics, in which we may notice, man, his constitution,powers, relation to other beings, natural inclinations, passions, tastes, good, evil, virtue, vice, beauty,deformity, pleasure, pain, rectitude, equity, conscience, law, duty, obligation, will, liberty, ncces-sity, action, passion, assent, Providence, society, &c.
(94.) Jurisprudence, with the tw o following ones, offer to our consideration these amongmany other less significant terms, viz. society, constitution, monarchy, aristocracy, democracy,emperor, king, prince, duke, &c. dictator, senate, council, &c. succession, elective, hereditary,primogeniture, peace, war, treaty, territory, empire, kingdom, estates, nobles, commons, clergy,chancellor, judge, sheriff,justice, mayor, alderman, constable, &c. parliament, diet, divan, chamber,assize, chancery, king’s-bench, &c. treasury, exchequer, duties, customs, excise, coinage, money,interest, &c. statute, charter, rescript, decretal, institutes, codes, register, pandect, civil,canon, sanctuary, prerogative, dispensation, station, pardon, exemption, dignities, franchises,writ, warrant, commission, oath, test, declaration, procuration, &c. Denizen, alien, natu-ralization, marriage, husband, wife, parents, children, lord, tenant, vassal, client, patron,servant, slave, &c. tenure, service, homage, fealty, &c. tenements, hereditaments, free-hold, fee, customary, tail, &c. occupancy, prescription, descent, conveyance, &c. alienation, mort-main, abatement, surrender, &c. succession, testament, executor,administrator, &c.injuries, crimes,treason, parricide, murder, felony, assault, rape, assassin, adultery, fornication, polygamy, &c. In-dictment, accusation, punishment, hanging, pillory, transportation, &c. suit, bill, summons, sub-poena, appearance, bail, nonsuit, arraignment, &c. Pleading, issue, trial, judgment, execution,reprieve, &c. Merchandize, money, coin, specie, weights, measures, standard, exchange, ma-terials, productions, manufactures, imports, exports, contraband, charter-party, freight, tonnage,poundage, bottomry, assurance, company, colony, factory, staple, fair, market, bank, exchange, &c.
(97.) Philology, with the eight following, as shewn in the tables, into which it is divided, givesthese terms to be noted, viz. letter, vowel, consonant, character, symbol, hieroglyphic, writing, &c.syllable, particle, word, etymology, noun, pronoun, verb, &c. case, gender, number, person, mood,tense, &c. sentence, phrase, period, paragraph,accent, quantity,point,comma,&c. construction, con-cord, regimen, punctuation, pronunciation,persuasion, invention,amplification, topic,place,argument,disposition,exordium, narration,confirmation,peroration,elocution, style, number, &c. figures,asex-clamation, pleonasm, epiphonema, apostrophe,&c. tropes, as metaphor, allegory, synecdoche,sarcasm,hyperbole, catachresis, &c. action, gesture, composition, oration, declamation, panegyric, parable,essay, dialogue, &c. verse, measure, feet, hexameter, alexandrine, spondee, &c. rhyme, stanza,epigram, clergy, song, hymn, ode, eclogue, satyr, &c. dramatic, tragedy, comedy, act, scene, pro-tasis, epitasis, catastrophe, prologue, soliloquy, &c. unity, action, character, sentiments, personi-fication, invocation, &c.
(106.) History, requires a knowledge of many terms in chronology, jurisprudence, law, &c.and also of the following, viz. fact, transaction, truth, falsehood, relations and dependencies of events,evidence, circumstances, record, monuments, statues, inscriptions, columns, edifices, &c.
(107.) Logic demands the consideration of perception, judgment, reasoning, method, ideas,notions, simple, complex, adequate, &c. ideas, definition, description, categories, predicaments,piedicates, &c. axioms, propositions, thesis, hypothesis, arguments, syllogism, enthymeine, sorites,sophism, dilemma, &c. premises, consequences, terms, truth, falsehood, evidence, demonstration,aigumentation, induction, discoursing, disputation, &c. with the terms belonging to metaphysics.
e v (108.) Heraldry,