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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... SOULS COLLEGE , OXFORD : CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE * IMPERIAL INSTITUTE OF FRANCE . " Opera naturale è ch ' uom favella ; Ma , così o così , natura lascia Poi fare a voi , secondo che v ' abbella " DANTE . Paradiso 26 , 180 FROM THE ...
... SOULS COLLEGE , OXFORD : CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE * IMPERIAL INSTITUTE OF FRANCE . " Opera naturale è ch ' uom favella ; Ma , così o così , natura lascia Poi fare a voi , secondo che v ' abbella " DANTE . Paradiso 26 , 180 FROM THE ...
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... soul , on the laws of his mind , and tried to pene- trate into the last causes of all being — and yet lan- guage , without the aid of which not even the first step in this glorious career could have been made , remained unnoticed . Like ...
... soul , on the laws of his mind , and tried to pene- trate into the last causes of all being — and yet lan- guage , without the aid of which not even the first step in this glorious career could have been made , remained unnoticed . Like ...
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... soul . To speak of language as a thing by it- self , as living a life of its own , as growing to maturity , producing offspring , and dying away , is sheer mythol- ogy ; and though we cannot help using metaphorical expressions , we ...
... soul . To speak of language as a thing by it- self , as living a life of its own , as growing to maturity , producing offspring , and dying away , is sheer mythol- ogy ; and though we cannot help using metaphorical expressions , we ...
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... soul of the language , is as pure and unmixed in English as spoken in the British Isles , as it was when spoken on the shores of the German Ocean by the Angles , Saxons , and Juts of the continent . In thus considering and refuting the ...
... soul of the language , is as pure and unmixed in English as spoken in the British Isles , as it was when spoken on the shores of the German Ocean by the Angles , Saxons , and Juts of the continent . In thus considering and refuting the ...
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... soul of the universe , the statues of the gods mere works of art.3 Their gods , as the people complained , had neither body , parts , nor passions . Peace , however , was preserved between the Stoic philosopher and the orthodox priest ...
... soul of the universe , the statues of the gods mere works of art.3 Their gods , as the people complained , had neither body , parts , nor passions . Peace , however , was preserved between the Stoic philosopher and the orthodox priest ...
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