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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Page 33
... literary monuments which by - gone ages have bequeathed to us , as a spell to raise from the tomb of time the thoughts of great men in different ages and different countries , and as a means ultimately to trace the social , moral ...
... literary monuments which by - gone ages have bequeathed to us , as a spell to raise from the tomb of time the thoughts of great men in different ages and different countries , and as a means ultimately to trace the social , moral ...
Page 34
... literary works representing the various periods of its growth . Nevertheless , short lists of vocables , and imperfect sketches of a grammar , are in many in- stances all that the student can expect to obtain , or can hope to master and ...
... literary works representing the various periods of its growth . Nevertheless , short lists of vocables , and imperfect sketches of a grammar , are in many in- stances all that the student can expect to obtain , or can hope to master and ...
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... literary idioms . Though the grammatical changes that have taken place since the publication of the authorized version are yet fewer in number , still we may point out some . The termination of the third person singular in th is now ...
... literary idioms . Though the grammatical changes that have taken place since the publication of the authorized version are yet fewer in number , still we may point out some . The termination of the third person singular in th is now ...
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... literary interference . What we are accustomed to call languages , the literary idioms of Greece , and Rome , and India , of Italy , France , and Spain , must be considered as artificial , rather than as natural forms of speech . The ...
... literary interference . What we are accustomed to call languages , the literary idioms of Greece , and Rome , and India , of Italy , France , and Spain , must be considered as artificial , rather than as natural forms of speech . The ...
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... literary documents as old as the twelfth century , is broken up into endless local dia- lects . I quote from Kohl's Travels . " The common- est things , " he writes , " which are named almost alike all over Europe , receive quite ...
... literary documents as old as the twelfth century , is broken up into endless local dia- lects . I quote from Kohl's Travels . " The common- est things , " he writes , " which are named almost alike all over Europe , receive quite ...
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