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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... called sacred ground , because it is the deposit of thought . We cannot tell as yet what language is . It may be a production of nature , a work of human art , or a divine gift . But to whatever sphere it be- longs , it would seem to ...
... called sacred ground , because it is the deposit of thought . We cannot tell as yet what language is . It may be a production of nature , a work of human art , or a divine gift . But to whatever sphere it be- longs , it would seem to ...
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... to feed . The science of plants would have been called Phy- tology , from the Greek phyton , a plant . The founders - 1 See Jessen , Was heisst Botanik ? 1861 . ― of Astronomy were not the poet or the philosopher EMPIRICAL STAGE . 15.
... to feed . The science of plants would have been called Phy- tology , from the Greek phyton , a plant . The founders - 1 See Jessen , Was heisst Botanik ? 1861 . ― of Astronomy were not the poet or the philosopher EMPIRICAL STAGE . 15.
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... called in Sanskrit mâ - tram , the Greek metron , our metre . Now if the moon was originally called by the farmer the measurer , the ruler of days , and weeks , and seasons , the regulator of the tides , the lord of their festivals ...
... called in Sanskrit mâ - tram , the Greek metron , our metre . Now if the moon was originally called by the farmer the measurer , the ruler of days , and weeks , and seasons , the regulator of the tides , the lord of their festivals ...
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... called heretics for believing that words such as justice or truth expressed only concep- tions of our mind , not real things walking about in broad daylight . In modern times the science of language has been called in to settle some of ...
... called heretics for believing that words such as justice or truth expressed only concep- tions of our mind , not real things walking about in broad daylight . In modern times the science of language has been called in to settle some of ...
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... called practical , have still retained a charm of their own- a charm that will never lose its power on the mind , and on the heart of man . Now , however much the frontiers of the animal kingdom have been pushed for- ward , so that at ...
... called practical , have still retained a charm of their own- a charm that will never lose its power on the mind , and on the heart of man . Now , however much the frontiers of the animal kingdom have been pushed for- ward , so that at ...
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