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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... earth , its flowers , and its stars ; and though , as a young science , it is very far as yet from that perfection which - thanks to the efforts of the intellectual giants of so many ages and many countries has been reached in Astronomy ...
... earth , its flowers , and its stars ; and though , as a young science , it is very far as yet from that perfection which - thanks to the efforts of the intellectual giants of so many ages and many countries has been reached in Astronomy ...
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... earth , and of the faunas and floras present or absent in each , nothing is so instructive as the minute exploration of a quarry close at hand , of a cave or a mine , in order to see things with our own eyes , to handle them , and to ...
... earth , and of the faunas and floras present or absent in each , nothing is so instructive as the minute exploration of a quarry close at hand , of a cave or a mine , in order to see things with our own eyes , to handle them , and to ...
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... in the idioms of the Cau- casian mountaineers . The whole crust of the earth is not made of lias , swarming with Ammonites and Plesiosauri , nor is all language made of Sanskrit , teeming with Supines and Paulo - pluperfects . Up to 3.
... in the idioms of the Cau- casian mountaineers . The whole crust of the earth is not made of lias , swarming with Ammonites and Plesiosauri , nor is all language made of Sanskrit , teeming with Supines and Paulo - pluperfects . Up to 3.
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... earth . But , nevertheless , it can tell us a great deal . By displaying to us the minute laws . that regulate the changes of each consonant , each vowel , each accent , it disciplines the student , and teaches him respect for every jot ...
... earth . But , nevertheless , it can tell us a great deal . By displaying to us the minute laws . that regulate the changes of each consonant , each vowel , each accent , it disciplines the student , and teaches him respect for every jot ...
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... earth should in that manner ever be of one language and one speech again , is hard to conceive . But that the problem itself admits of a solution , and of a very perfect solution , cannot be doubted . As there prevails much ...
... earth should in that manner ever be of one language and one speech again , is hard to conceive . But that the problem itself admits of a solution , and of a very perfect solution , cannot be doubted . As there prevails much ...
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according admit ancient appears applied Aryan aspirates became become beginning believe breath bright called cause character clear common Comparative conception considered consonants dawn derived dialects distinct doubt early earth elements English etymology exist explain express fact father French German give given gods Gothic Greek guage hard heaven hence horse human idea Indra instance Italian Italy kind language later Latin less letters light likewise living look meaning meant mind mother mythology nature never night object originally passage philosophers phonetic present produced pronounced reason represented Roman root Sanskrit seems sense similar simple soft sound speak speech spoken stands supposed things thought tion tongue trace true Veda verb vowels whole words Zeus