"Language is the express image and picture of human thoughts; and, from the picture, we may often draw very certain conclusions with regard to the original."
Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man
4 entries in ESTC (1785, 1786, 1790, 1793).<br>
<br>
See Thomas Reid, <u>Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man</u> (Edinburgh and London: Printed for John Bell, and G.G.J. & J. Robinson, 1785). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=2A4cAQAAMAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;