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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... known that the suc- cessive strata of the geologist are a deception to the miner , that the astronomical tables are useless to the navigator , that chemistry is nothing but an expensive amusement , of no use to the manufacturer and the ...
... known that the suc- cessive strata of the geologist are a deception to the miner , that the astronomical tables are useless to the navigator , that chemistry is nothing but an expensive amusement , of no use to the manufacturer and the ...
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... known , so great is the preju dice that confounds an art requiring the highest education with the jargon of the gypsy fortune - teller . " FOL are the BOT E Ja 8 225 2 2 2 4 - It simply professes to teach what language is , 20 EMPIRICAL ...
... known , so great is the preju dice that confounds an art requiring the highest education with the jargon of the gypsy fortune - teller . " FOL are the BOT E Ja 8 225 2 2 2 4 - It simply professes to teach what language is , 20 EMPIRICAL ...
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... known in this country by the name of comparative philology , is one of the physical sciences , and that therefore its method ought to be the same as that which has been followed with so much success in botany , geology , anatomy , and ...
... known in this country by the name of comparative philology , is one of the physical sciences , and that therefore its method ought to be the same as that which has been followed with so much success in botany , geology , anatomy , and ...
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... known languages , but their number can hardly be less than nine hun- dred . That this vast field should never have excited the curiosity of the natural philosopher before the beginning of our century may seem surprising , more ...
... known languages , but their number can hardly be less than nine hun- dred . That this vast field should never have excited the curiosity of the natural philosopher before the beginning of our century may seem surprising , more ...
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... known fact , which recent researches have not shaken , that nature is incapable of progress or improvement . The flower which the botanist observes to - day was as perfect from the beginning . Animals , which are endowed with what is ...
... known fact , which recent researches have not shaken , that nature is incapable of progress or improvement . The flower which the botanist observes to - day was as perfect from the beginning . Animals , which are endowed with what is ...
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