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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... means a word , but a word which , from being a name or an at- tribute , has been allowed to assume a more substantial existence . Most of the Greek , the Roman , the Indian , and other heathen gods are nothing but poetical names , which ...
... means a word , but a word which , from being a name or an at- tribute , has been allowed to assume a more substantial existence . Most of the Greek , the Roman , the Indian , and other heathen gods are nothing but poetical names , which ...
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... means extinct . During the Middle Ages the controversy between Nominalism and Realism , which agitated the church for centuries , and finally prepared the way for the Reformation , was again , as its very name shows , a controversy on ...
... means extinct . During the Middle Ages the controversy between Nominalism and Realism , which agitated the church for centuries , and finally prepared the way for the Reformation , was again , as its very name shows , a controversy on ...
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... means of comparison and classification . We cease to study each flower for its own sake ; and by continually enlarging the sphere of our observation , we try to discover what is common to many and offers those essential points on which ...
... means of comparison and classification . We cease to study each flower for its own sake ; and by continually enlarging the sphere of our observation , we try to discover what is common to many and offers those essential points on which ...
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... means of induction , or sometimes even of divina- tion , into regions not accessible to the mere collector . In this attempt the mind of man no doubt has fre- quently met with the fate of Phaeton ; but , undis- mayed by failure , he ...
... means of induction , or sometimes even of divina- tion , into regions not accessible to the mere collector . In this attempt the mind of man no doubt has fre- quently met with the fate of Phaeton ; but , undis- mayed by failure , he ...
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... historical science . Language is here treated simply as a means . The classical scholar uses Greek or Latin , the oriental scholar Hebrew or San- " 14 23 " 1 N skrit , or any other language , as a key 32 COMPARATIVE PHILOLOGY .
... historical science . Language is here treated simply as a means . The classical scholar uses Greek or Latin , the oriental scholar Hebrew or San- " 14 23 " 1 N skrit , or any other language , as a key 32 COMPARATIVE PHILOLOGY .
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