. Grammar of the English tongue : with the arts of logick, rhetorick, poetry, &c., illustrated with useful notes giving the grounds and reasons of grammar in general, the whole making a compleat system of an English education . deas with the ad quate or perjetl. For we aretoo apt to fanfy, that when we know a great many Propertiesof any Thing, and cannot difcover any more by ail our In-duftry, we have the whole Subjeft. Thus fome ingeniousMen of our i imes, imagind they had difcoverM all the Pro-perties of the Mind, becaufe they could find nothing in it but^ houghts ; and therefore faid, the M
. Grammar of the English tongue : with the arts of logick, rhetorick, poetry, &c., illustrated with useful notes giving the grounds and reasons of grammar in general, the whole making a compleat system of an English education . deas with the ad quate or perjetl. For we aretoo apt to fanfy, that when we know a great many Propertiesof any Thing, and cannot difcover any more by ail our In-duftry, we have the whole Subjeft. Thus fome ingeniousMen of our i imes, imagind they had difcoverM all the Pro-perties of the Mind, becaufe they could find nothing in it but^ houghts ; and therefore faid, the Mind was only a : hinkingSuhji::nce ; and fo they contend that there is nothing elfe inBody but Extenjton, Impenetfahilityy. and Diiifibility, be-caufe 232 Logic; or^ the Art of Reafonlng. caufe they could difcover nothing elle; but they could neveryet fhew us what thofe Sub fiances were, whofe Properties wereto think, to have Parts, ^c. There is no Exiftence of Sub-jiance in general; and tho we underlland this Word in general^it does by no means follow, that we underlland ic when it isfpoke of any particular Subjeft, which we muil be fure to havea particular Regard to. i:he End of the Firft Part of the Art of THE [ ^33 ]
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