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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... traced back to the most humble and homely occupations of half - savage tribes . It was not the true , the good , and the beau- tiful which spurred the early philosophers to deep researches and bold discoveries . The foundation- stone of ...
... traced back to the most humble and homely occupations of half - savage tribes . It was not the true , the good , and the beau- tiful which spurred the early philosophers to deep researches and bold discoveries . The foundation- stone of ...
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... traced back by Champollion to the real hieroglyphics of Egypt1 ) -and as long as it insti- gated the avarice of its patrons by the promise of the discovery of gold , it enjoyed a liberal support at the courts of princes , and under the ...
... traced back by Champollion to the real hieroglyphics of Egypt1 ) -and as long as it insti- gated the avarice of its patrons by the promise of the discovery of gold , it enjoyed a liberal support at the courts of princes , and under the ...
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... traces of this phonetic mould . Henceforth those words or portions of words can be kept up only artificially or by tradition ; and , what is important , a distinction is henceforth estab- lished between what is substantial or radical ...
... traces of this phonetic mould . Henceforth those words or portions of words can be kept up only artificially or by tradition ; and , what is important , a distinction is henceforth estab- lished between what is substantial or radical ...
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... traces of grammatical levelling in the Italian siamo , siete , sono , formed in analogy of regular verbs such as crediamo , credete , credono . The second person , sei , instead of es , is likewise infantine grammar . So are the ...
... traces of grammatical levelling in the Italian siamo , siete , sono , formed in analogy of regular verbs such as crediamo , credete , credono . The second person , sei , instead of es , is likewise infantine grammar . So are the ...
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... traced back in the end to higher laws , which govern the organs both of human thought , and of the human voice . Though admitting that the science of language was more intimately con- nected than any other physical science with what is ...
... traced back in the end to higher laws , which govern the organs both of human thought , and of the human voice . Though admitting that the science of language was more intimately con- nected than any other physical science with what is ...
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