... that
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Of course, if there were no fact ofthe matter regarding the level of generality ofthe authorities’
intentions, there might well not be a fact ofthe matter regarding the words or even the
language ... majority ofthe legislature, but occasionally a supermajor-
ity)–willallintendthesamemeaningfortheruletheyenact.Inother
words, over the range of real or hypothetical applications ofthe rule,
felicitous ... namely, that of outlawing X.
In both ofthe preceding examples, the multimember character of the
rule maker does not defeat the attribution of an intended meaning for
the rule, though in the second...
... On the ground in front of him the ants were still swarming. Hun-
dreds of them were coming from the ant hill and were flying off. There
were thousands of them. Eventually, in the recesses of ... was doing the shouting. The
sphere was finished, done for. It was out ofthe fight, rolling down the
vast hill ofthe sky, it would smash on the planet below.
They were following it.
There was ... attention to the conversation.
But all the time they were stealing glances at the ship. With half their
minds, they seemed to be listening to what was being said. But the other
half of their minds...
... DEPARTMENTS One of £10; two of £5; two of £2 10s.; ten of £1; fifteen of 10s.; thirty of 5s.
GIRLS' DEPARTMENTS One of £5; two of £2; eight of £1; fifteen of 10s.; thirty of 5s.
The following ... Bancroft, for
instance, writing ofthe Maya races ofthe Pacific, tells us that "before planting the seed they held a festival in
honour of their gods, Ekchuah, Chac, and Hobnil, who were their ... solemnize it, they all went
to the plantation of one of their number, where they sacrificed a dog having a spot on its skin the colour of
cacao. They burned incense to their idols, after which they gave...
... &apos ;The Crucible' is clearly a representation ofthe true meaning of
tragedy. John Proctor was, in fact, the medium, the tool, of which Miller utilized to
convey a universal depiction of ... description also provides another outlet to convey
the dynamic nature of his character. While the physical side of Proctor deteriorated
towards the conclusion ofthe story a contrast is created. ... alone is responsible for the cramping of our lives then the
protagonist must needs be so pure and faultless as to force us to deny his validity
as a character. From neither of these views can tragedy...
... first dead ofthe two… .
The most dramatic ofthe fifty appearances was certainly that of the
wasp that visited the British Museum about midday, dropping out of the
blue serene upon one ofthe innumerable ... altogether, through the park and vil-
lages and then along the green glades ofthe Hickleybrow preserves. The
trees were all dusted with the green spangles of high spring, the hedges
were full of ... at the bar
and drinking his hot gin and water, with one eye roving over the things
at the back ofthe bar and the other fixed on the Absolute, missed the
psychological moment.
“I thuppothe there...
... On the ground in front of him the ants were still swarming. Hun-
dreds of them were coming from the ant hill and were flying off. There
were thousands of them. Eventually, in the recesses of ... had gone and the cold had come. He could see Sarkoff's body
lying beside one ofthe drivers. The two other men were across the room.
A door to the stern compartment was there. They were crumpled ... setting up a device of some kind. Others of their
species had joined them until there were possibly thirty or forty present.
Through thethe gaping hole in the hull, still others could be seen...
... and so down the alphabet) offers
little in the way of a convincing account ofthe nature ofthe “premodern,”
at least in the case of South Asia. The actual modernity of a number of phe-
nomena ... for the production of praéasti until the ninth, when
the elaboration also began of what, by the end ofthe thirteenth, would be
a complete array ofthe elements of a literary culture. When the ... into the ambit of Sanskrit culture. Whether these new-
comers, the çakas (Indo-Scythians) in particular, initiated these processes
12 introduction
The Language ofthe Gods
in the World of Men
Sanskrit,...