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Most of the Greek , the Roman , the Indian , and other heathen gods are nothing
but poetical names , , which were gradually allowed to assume a divine
personality never contemplated by their original inventors . Eos was a name of
the dawn ...
Most of the Greek , the Roman , the Indian , and other heathen gods are nothing
but poetical names , , which were gradually allowed to assume a divine
personality never contemplated by their original inventors . Eos was a name of
the dawn ...
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In when the study of antiquity attracted the most energetic minds , when the
ashes of Pompeii were sifted for the playthings of Roman life ; when parchments
were made to disclose , by chemical means , the erased thoughts of Grecian
thinkers ...
In when the study of antiquity attracted the most energetic minds , when the
ashes of Pompeii were sifted for the playthings of Roman life ; when parchments
were made to disclose , by chemical means , the erased thoughts of Grecian
thinkers ...
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Marcellus , more of a grammarian than a courtier , replied , “ Capito is a liar ; for ,
Cæsar , thou canst give the Roman citizenship to men , but not to words . ” A
similar anecdote is told of the German Emperor Sigismund . When presiding at
the ...
Marcellus , more of a grammarian than a courtier , replied , “ Capito is a liar ; for ,
Cæsar , thou canst give the Roman citizenship to men , but not to words . ” A
similar anecdote is told of the German Emperor Sigismund . When presiding at
the ...
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We are told , indeed , by Pliny , ' that in Colchis there were more than three
hundred tribes speaking different dialects ; and that the Romans , in order to carry
on any intercourse with the natives , had to employ a hundred and thirty
interpreters .
We are told , indeed , by Pliny , ' that in Colchis there were more than three
hundred tribes speaking different dialects ; and that the Romans , in order to carry
on any intercourse with the natives , had to employ a hundred and thirty
interpreters .
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22 ) , that the best - informed Romans could not make out without difficulty the
language of the ancient treaties between Rome and Carthage . Horace admits (
Ep . ii . 1 , 86 ) , that he could not understand the old Salian poems , and he hints
...
22 ) , that the best - informed Romans could not make out without difficulty the
language of the ancient treaties between Rome and Carthage . Horace admits (
Ep . ii . 1 , 86 ) , that he could not understand the old Salian poems , and he hints
...
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| Title | Lectures on the Science of Language Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain ...1861 [and 1863], Volume 1 Lectures on the Science of Language Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain ...1861 [and 1863], Friedrich Max Müller |
| Author | Friedrich Max Müller |
| Publisher | C. Scribner, 1866 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 12 Nov 2009 |
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