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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Page 468
... light which flashed up for the first time before the inmost vision of their souls was not the pure light of which St. John speaks . We must not mix the words and thoughts of different ages . Though the message which St. John sent to his ...
... light which flashed up for the first time before the inmost vision of their souls was not the pure light of which St. John speaks . We must not mix the words and thoughts of different ages . Though the message which St. John sent to his ...
Page 489
... light , ready to do battle in good earnest against the gloomy powers , to break open the strong stable in which the bright cows were kept , and to bring light , and strength , and life back to his pious worshippers . This is the simple ...
... light , ready to do battle in good earnest against the gloomy powers , to break open the strong stable in which the bright cows were kept , and to bring light , and strength , and life back to his pious worshippers . This is the simple ...
Page 540
... light of heaven.1 Explaining the second couple of twins first , he took them , the Aśvins , to be the first bringers of light , pre- ceding the dawn , ( but who are they ? ) while he dis- covered in the first couple , simply called Yama ...
... light of heaven.1 Explaining the second couple of twins first , he took them , the Aśvins , to be the first bringers of light , pre- ceding the dawn , ( but who are they ? ) while he dis- covered in the first couple , simply called Yama ...
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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