Lectures on the Science of Language: Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in 1863Scribner's Sons, 1864 - 600 pages |
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... ancient languages , has never been sufficiently appreciated . Because a study of the ancient languages has always been confined to a small minority , and because it is generally supposed that it is easier to learn a modern than an ...
... ancient languages , has never been sufficiently appreciated . Because a study of the ancient languages has always been confined to a small minority , and because it is generally supposed that it is easier to learn a modern than an ...
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... ancient religion , it has at some times wellnigh choked its very life ; yet through the rank and poisonous vege ... ancient religion , as independent of ancient mythol ogy . 28 MYTHOLOGY AND RELIGION . 433.
... ancient religion , it has at some times wellnigh choked its very life ; yet through the rank and poisonous vege ... ancient religion , as independent of ancient mythol ogy . 28 MYTHOLOGY AND RELIGION . 433.
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... ancient philosophy , 414 . historical interpretations , 415 . the system of mythological in- terpretation called ... ancient religion , 433 . ancient religion as independent of ancient mythology , 434 . quotations from Homer and Hesiod ...
... ancient philosophy , 414 . historical interpretations , 415 . the system of mythological in- terpretation called ... ancient religion , 433 . ancient religion as independent of ancient mythology , 434 . quotations from Homer and Hesiod ...
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Agni Alphabet ancient Angiras Anglo-Saxon Aryan languages aspirates Asvins breath bright called conception consonantal consonants cows Curtius dawn deity dental derived dialects distinct divine doubt Dyaus earth English etymology express father French German glottis gods Gothic Grammar Grammatik Greek Grimm Grimm's law guage guttural Hawaian heaven hence Homer horse hymn idea Indra Italian Kafir Kuhn Kuhn's Zeitschrift labial Latin letters likewise Maruts meaning meant originally metaphor mind modern mother myth mythology nations nature never night noun Old High-German Old Norse philosophers phonetic poets Polynesian pronounced religion Rig-Veda Roman root Sanskrit Sarama Saranyû Savitar Saxon Science of Language sense skrit soft sonant sound speak speech spiritus asper spiritus lenis spoken supposed syllable tenuis Teutonic things thought tion tongue trace Tuisco twins Varuna Veda verb vibrations Vivasvat vowels words Yama Zeus δὲ καὶ τῶν