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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... letters followed each other , as in Greek , from left to right . Even before Grote- fend , Münter and Tychsen had observed that there was a sign to separate the words . Such a sign is of course an immense help in all attempts at de ...
... letters followed each other , as in Greek , from left to right . Even before Grote- fend , Münter and Tychsen had observed that there was a sign to separate the words . Such a sign is of course an immense help in all attempts at de ...
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... letters were determined ; how with an imperfect alphabet other words were deciphered which clearly established the fact that the language of these inscriptions was Ancient Persian ; how then , with the help of the Zend , which repre ...
... letters were determined ; how with an imperfect alphabet other words were deciphered which clearly established the fact that the language of these inscriptions was Ancient Persian ; how then , with the help of the Zend , which repre ...
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... letter is liable in its passage from one dialect into another ( see page 82 , seq . ) . And Mr. Hale , in the seventh volume of the " United States Exploring Expedition " ( p . 232 ) , has not only given a table of the regular changes ...
... letter is liable in its passage from one dialect into another ( see page 82 , seq . ) . And Mr. Hale , in the seventh volume of the " United States Exploring Expedition " ( p . 232 ) , has not only given a table of the regular changes ...
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... letter or letters of the original word , as hopoi for hapai , to carry in the arms ; ene for hono , to mend ; au for tau , fit ; hio for tio , to look ; ea for ara , path ; vau for varu , eight ; vea for vera , not , & c . In other ...
... letter or letters of the original word , as hopoi for hapai , to carry in the arms ; ene for hono , to mend ; au for tau , fit ; hio for tio , to look ; ea for ara , path ; vau for varu , eight ; vea for vera , not , & c . In other ...
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... letters of Cornelia , the mother of the Grac- chi , and it is clear from them that her sons were brought up , not in the lap , but , so to say , in the very breath and speech of their mother . " And again ( Rhet . iii . 12 ) , when ...
... letters of Cornelia , the mother of the Grac- chi , and it is clear from them that her sons were brought up , not in the lap , but , so to say , in the very breath and speech of their mother . " And again ( Rhet . iii . 12 ) , when ...
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