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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... great Hermunduric race , the Thyringi or Thoringi , now Thuringians , always neighbors of the Saxons . - Kemble , Saxons in England , i . pp . 59 , 63 . It has been supposed that the modern English participle was " A - GOING . " 25.
... great Hermunduric race , the Thyringi or Thoringi , now Thuringians , always neighbors of the Saxons . - Kemble , Saxons in England , i . pp . 59 , 63 . It has been supposed that the modern English participle was " A - GOING . " 25.
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... supposed that the modern English participle was formed by the same derivative , but in A. S. this suffix ing is chiefly attached to nouns and adjectives , not to verbs . There was , however , another derivative in A. S. , which was ...
... supposed that the modern English participle was formed by the same derivative , but in A. S. this suffix ing is chiefly attached to nouns and adjectives , not to verbs . There was , however , another derivative in A. S. , which was ...
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... supposed that after one or two generations the old words should still be remembered and be reinstated . Anyhow , it is a fact that the missionaries , by employing many of the new terms , give them a permanency which will defy the ...
... supposed that after one or two generations the old words should still be remembered and be reinstated . Anyhow , it is a fact that the missionaries , by employing many of the new terms , give them a permanency which will defy the ...
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... supposed to be peculiar to the object to which they are attached . In some cases this is quite clear , in others it has to be brought out by minute etymological research . To those who approach these etymological researches with any ...
... supposed to be peculiar to the object to which they are attached . In some cases this is quite clear , in others it has to be brought out by minute etymological research . To those who approach these etymological researches with any ...
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... that form the word . 1 Cf. Leibniz , De Arte combinatoria , Opp . t . ii . pp . 387 , 388 , ed . Dutens ; Pott , Etym . Forsch . , ii . P. 9 . 1 One other word has been supposed to have the same ELEMENTS OF LANGUAGE . 87.
... that form the word . 1 Cf. Leibniz , De Arte combinatoria , Opp . t . ii . pp . 387 , 388 , ed . Dutens ; Pott , Etym . Forsch . , ii . P. 9 . 1 One other word has been supposed to have the same ELEMENTS OF LANGUAGE . 87.
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