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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... clearly show that they were invented by the ploughers of the sea and of the land . The moon , for instance , the golden hand on the dark dial of heaven , was , called by them the Measurer , the measurer of time ; for time was measured ...
... clearly show that they were invented by the ploughers of the sea and of the land . The moon , for instance , the golden hand on the dark dial of heaven , was , called by them the Measurer , the measurer of time ; for time was measured ...
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Friedrich Max Müller. culine.1 Now this mâs in Sanskrit is clearly derived from a root mâ , to measure , to mete . In Sanskrit , I measure is mâ - mi ; thou measurest , mâ - si ; he measures , má - ti ( or mimi - te ) . An instrument of ...
Friedrich Max Müller. culine.1 Now this mâs in Sanskrit is clearly derived from a root mâ , to measure , to mete . In Sanskrit , I measure is mâ - mi ; thou measurest , mâ - si ; he measures , má - ti ( or mimi - te ) . An instrument of ...
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... clearly show a convergence towards one com- mon source : it would seem , indeed , as if there were an historical life inherent in language , and as if both the will of man and the power of time could tell , if not on its substance , at ...
... clearly show a convergence towards one com- mon source : it would seem , indeed , as if there were an historical life inherent in language , and as if both the will of man and the power of time could tell , if not on its substance , at ...
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... , Ital . oggi and oggidi ; jour = diurnum , from dies . = 4 See M. M.'s Letter to Chevalier Bunsen , On the Turanian Languages , p . 67 . regeneration we must first see clearly what we mean by DIALECTICAL REGENERATION . 57.
... , Ital . oggi and oggidi ; jour = diurnum , from dies . = 4 See M. M.'s Letter to Chevalier Bunsen , On the Turanian Languages , p . 67 . regeneration we must first see clearly what we mean by DIALECTICAL REGENERATION . 57.
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Friedrich Max Müller. regeneration we must first see clearly what we mean by dialect . We saw before that language has no inde- pendent substantial existence . Language exists in man , it lives in being spoken , it dies with each word ...
Friedrich Max Müller. regeneration we must first see clearly what we mean by dialect . We saw before that language has no inde- pendent substantial existence . Language exists in man , it lives in being spoken , it dies with each word ...
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