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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... given to it in England , France , and Germany are so vague and vary- ing that they have led to the most confused ideas among the public at large as to the real objects of this new science . We hear it spoken of as Comparative Philology ...
... given to it in England , France , and Germany are so vague and vary- ing that they have led to the most confused ideas among the public at large as to the real objects of this new science . We hear it spoken of as Comparative Philology ...
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... given to single stars or constellations clearly show that they were invented by the ploughers of the sea and of the land . The moon , for instance , the golden hand on the dark dial of heaven , was called by them the Measurer , the ...
... given to single stars or constellations clearly show that they were invented by the ploughers of the sea and of the land . The moon , for instance , the golden hand on the dark dial of heaven , was called by them the Measurer , the ...
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... given to them by the Italian husbandman , because in Italy , where they became visible about May , they marked the return of summer.2 Another constellation , the seven stars in the head of Taurus , received the name of Hyades or Pluvice ...
... given to them by the Italian husbandman , because in Italy , where they became visible about May , they marked the return of summer.2 Another constellation , the seven stars in the head of Taurus , received the name of Hyades or Pluvice ...
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... given names to each organ , and discovered the distinctive functions of each , he is led to perceive similarity where at first he saw dissimilarity only . He discovers in the lower ani- mals rudimentary indications of the more perfect ...
... given names to each organ , and discovered the distinctive functions of each , he is led to perceive similarity where at first he saw dissimilarity only . He discovers in the lower ani- mals rudimentary indications of the more perfect ...
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... given to the After the observer In this way the second or classificatory leads us naturally to the third or final stage the theoretical , or metaphysical . If the work of classification is prop- erly carried out , it teaches us that ...
... given to the After the observer In this way the second or classificatory leads us naturally to the third or final stage the theoretical , or metaphysical . If the work of classification is prop- erly carried out , it teaches us that ...
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