Lectures on the Science of Language: Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in February, March, April and May, 1863, Volume 2C. Scribner, 1865 - 622 pages |
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... English Language , i . p . 223 ; Kemble , Saxons in England , i . p . 59 , and Appendix , p . 449 . 2 Grimm , Deutsche Heldensage , p . 14 . 3 Harlings , in A. S. Herelingas ( Trav . Song , i . 224 ) ; Harlunge ( W. Grimm , Deut ...
... English Language , i . p . 223 ; Kemble , Saxons in England , i . p . 59 , and Appendix , p . 449 . 2 Grimm , Deutsche Heldensage , p . 14 . 3 Harlings , in A. S. Herelingas ( Trav . Song , i . 224 ) ; Harlunge ( W. Grimm , Deut ...
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... English of substantives derived from verbs by means of ung . Although , as I said , it might seem more plausible to look on the modern participle in English as originally an adjective in ing , such popular phrases as a - going , a ...
... English of substantives derived from verbs by means of ung . Although , as I said , it might seem more plausible to look on the modern participle in English as originally an adjective in ing , such popular phrases as a - going , a ...
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... to limit the present course of lectures chiefly to Greek and Latin , with its Romance off- shoots ; English , with its Continental kith and kin ; and the much - abused , though indispensable , San- 50 DIVISION OF LECTURES .
... to limit the present course of lectures chiefly to Greek and Latin , with its Romance off- shoots ; English , with its Continental kith and kin ; and the much - abused , though indispensable , San- 50 DIVISION OF LECTURES .
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... thought they could stow away I all the ideas that ever entered the human 1 Marsh , History of the English Language , p . 211. Liebig , Chemische Briefe , 4th edit . , i . p . 96 . mind . Under A we meet with a number of BISHOP WILKINS . 61.
... thought they could stow away I all the ideas that ever entered the human 1 Marsh , History of the English Language , p . 211. Liebig , Chemische Briefe , 4th edit . , i . p . 96 . mind . Under A we meet with a number of BISHOP WILKINS . 61.
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... English tale , gathering ; for reason , “ though it pene- trates into the depths of the sea and earth , elevates our thoughts as high as the stars , and leads us through the vast spaces and large rooms of this mighty fabric , " is ...
... English tale , gathering ; for reason , “ though it pene- trates into the depths of the sea and earth , elevates our thoughts as high as the stars , and leads us through the vast spaces and large rooms of this mighty fabric , " is ...
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