While it would appear that boys and girls followed a common curriculum, there was gender differentiation: Girls received instruction in sewing and needlework and boys in cantillation of Torah and haftarah. From Wordnik.com. [Education of Jewish Girls in the United States.] Reference
Ori E NTAL leg illation lefs defpotic than b generally fuppofed, 553. From Wordnik.com. [The Monthly Review] Reference
There's been talk of a Google-flavoured browser for years, so I don't see much cause for illation there. From Wordnik.com. [Blah, Blah! Technology] Reference
"I can neither contradict," quoth I, "thy former propositions, and I see this illation followeth from them.". From Wordnik.com. [The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy] Reference
"A strange illation," quoth I, "and hard to be granted; but I see that those things which were granted before agree very well with these.". From Wordnik.com. [The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy] Reference
It is not an if of doubting, but of illation and concession; seeing he hath wronged thee, and thereby has become indebted to thee; such an if as Col.iii. 1 and 2 Pet.ii. 4, &c. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)] Reference
There is an important sense, however, in which the epithet "material" has been applied to reasoning, to denote illation in which the relational formality has not yet been dissected out. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss] Reference
It is, besides, a very great mistake to imagine that mankind follow up practically any speculative principle, either of government or of freedom, as far as it will go in argument and logical illation. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12)] Reference
What ground of consequence can warrant such an illation from these premises as this which the Bishop formeth, namely, that “all the days whereof the Apostle condemned the observation were Judaical days,” &c. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2)] Reference
What Burke means by compromise, and what every true statesman understands by it, is that it may be most inexpedient to meddle with an institution merely because it does not harmonise with 'argument and logical illation.'. From Wordnik.com. [On Compromise] Reference
Revolution is alleged, and most unreasonably alleged, to have alienated him from liberalism: 'it is a very great mistake to imagine that mankind follow up practically any speculative principle, either of government or of freedom, as far as it will go in argument and logical illation. From Wordnik.com. [On Compromise] Reference
The experience, however, on which our approximate generalizations are grounded, has so rarely been subjected to, or admits of, accurate numerical estimation, that we can not in general apply any measurement to the diminution of probability which takes place at each illation; but must be content with remembering that it does diminish at every step, and that unless the premises approach very nearly indeed to being universally true, the conclusion after a very few steps is worth nothing. From Wordnik.com. [A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive] Reference
Statistical illation. From Wordnik.com. [From On High] Reference
Alt. at clinarion cl illation. From Wordnik.com. [The nautical almanac and astronomical ephemeris for the year ..] Reference
Brain train age trains your illation ability. From Wordnik.com. [Blogbot - forsiden] Reference
3.l w ngcovct Afcctu at Afc. at cl illation cliuarion t/». From Wordnik.com. [The nautical almanac and astronomical ephemeris for the year ..] Reference
The same high power of reason, intent in every one to explore and display some truth; some truth of judicial, or historical, or biographical fact; some truth of law, deduced by construction, perhaps, or by illation; some truth of policy, for want whereof a nation, generations, may be the worse -- reason seeking and unfolding truth; the same tone, in all, of deep earnestness, expressive of strong desire that what he felt to be important should be accepted as true, and spring up to action; the same transparent, plain, forcible, and direct speech, conveying his exact thought to the mind -- not something less or more; the same sovereignty of form, of brow, and eye, and tone, and manner -- everywhere the intellectual king of men, standing before you -- that same marvelousness of qualities and results, residing. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Public Speaking] Reference
The same high power of reason, intent in every one to explore and display some truth; some truth of judicial, or historical, or biographical fact; some truth of law, deduced by construction, perhaps, or by illation; some truth of policy, for want whereof a nation, generations, may be the worsereason seeking and unfolding truth; the same tone, in all, of deep earnestness, expressive of strong desire that that which he felt to be important should be accepted as true, and spring up to action; the same transparent, plain, forcible, and direct speech, conveying his exact thought to the mindnot something less or more; the same sovereignty of form, of brow, and eye, and tone, and mannereverywhere the intellectual king of men, standing before youthat same marvelousness of qualities and results, residing, I know not where, in words, in pictures, in the ordering of ideas, in felicities indescribable, by means whereof, coming from his tongue, all things seemed mendedtruth seemed more true, p. From Wordnik.com. [His Eulogy of Webster] Reference
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