Lectures on the Science of Language Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain ... 1861 [and 1863].C. Scribner andcompany, 1866 |
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... became aware of the difficulties of the task I had undertaken . The dimensions of the science of lan- guage are so vast that it is impossible in a course of nine lectures to give more than a very general survey of it ; and as one of the ...
... became aware of the difficulties of the task I had undertaken . The dimensions of the science of lan- guage are so vast that it is impossible in a course of nine lectures to give more than a very general survey of it ; and as one of the ...
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... became a question of life and death . It was he who calculated their risings and settings with the accuracy of a mer- chant and the shrewdness of an adventurer ; and the names that were given to single stars or constellations clearly ...
... became a question of life and death . It was he who calculated their risings and settings with the accuracy of a mer- chant and the shrewdness of an adventurer ; and the names that were given to single stars or constellations clearly ...
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... became visible about May , they marked the return of summer.2 Another constellation , the seven stars in the head of Taurus , received the name of Hyades or Pluvice in Latin , because at the time Hyades . when they rose with the sun ...
... became visible about May , they marked the return of summer.2 Another constellation , the seven stars in the head of Taurus , received the name of Hyades or Pluvice in Latin , because at the time Hyades . when they rose with the sun ...
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... became a god- dess , the wife of Tithonos , or the dying day . Fatum , or fate , meant originally what had been spoken ; and before Fate became a power , even greater than Ju- piter , it meant that which had once been spoken by Jupiter ...
... became a god- dess , the wife of Tithonos , or the dying day . Fatum , or fate , meant originally what had been spoken ; and before Fate became a power , even greater than Ju- piter , it meant that which had once been spoken by Jupiter ...
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... became the language of a family ; the lan- guage of a family that of a clan . In one and the same clan different families would preserve among themselves their own familiar forms and expressions . They would add new words , some so ...
... became the language of a family ; the lan- guage of a family that of a clan . In one and the same clan different families would preserve among themselves their own familiar forms and expressions . They would add new words , some so ...
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