Lectures on the Science of Language: Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in ... 1861 [and 1863], Volume 1C. Scribner, 1869 |
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... German Workshop CRAIK'S History of English Literature and the DE VERE'S Studies in English COLLIER'S Rarest Books in the English Language 4 Vols . 12.00 CLARKS Elements of the English Language DWIGHT'S Modern Philology · • 1 Vol . 1.25 ...
... German Workshop CRAIK'S History of English Literature and the DE VERE'S Studies in English COLLIER'S Rarest Books in the English Language 4 Vols . 12.00 CLARKS Elements of the English Language DWIGHT'S Modern Philology · • 1 Vol . 1.25 ...
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... German . In that sense I know indeed very few languages , and I never aspired to the fame of a Mithridates or a Mezzofanti . It is impossible for a student of language to acquire a prac- tical knowledge of all tongues with which he has ...
... German . In that sense I know indeed very few languages , and I never aspired to the fame of a Mithridates or a Mezzofanti . It is impossible for a student of language to acquire a prac- tical knowledge of all tongues with which he has ...
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... German Emperor Sigis- mund . When presiding at the Council of Costnitz , he addressed the assembly in a Latin speech , exhort- ing them to eradicate the schism of the Hussites . " Videte Patres , " he said , " ut eradicetis schismam ...
... German Emperor Sigis- mund . When presiding at the Council of Costnitz , he addressed the assembly in a Latin speech , exhort- ing them to eradicate the schism of the Hussites . " Videte Patres , " he said , " ut eradicetis schismam ...
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... German miles from each other , these words differ more than the Italian padre and the English father . Even the names of their dis- tricts and islands are totally different in different dia- lects . The island of Sylt is called Söl ...
... German miles from each other , these words differ more than the Italian padre and the English father . Even the names of their dis- tricts and islands are totally different in different dia- lects . The island of Sylt is called Söl ...
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... German miles , communication among them becomes extremely difficult . Castrèn , the heroic explorer of the languages of northern and central Asia , 1 assures us that some of the Mongolian dialects are ac- tually entering into a new ...
... German miles , communication among them becomes extremely difficult . Castrèn , the heroic explorer of the languages of northern and central Asia , 1 assures us that some of the Mongolian dialects are ac- tually entering into a new ...
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