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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... followed in our researches , it will be useful to cast a glance at the history of the other sciences , among which the science of language now , for the first time , claims her place ; and examine their origin , their gradual progress ...
... followed in our researches , it will be useful to cast a glance at the history of the other sciences , among which the science of language now , for the first time , claims her place ; and examine their origin , their gradual progress ...
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... followed with so much success in botany , geology , anatomy , and other branches of the study of nature . In the history of the physical sciences , however , we look in vain for a place assigned to comparative philology , and 1 Die ...
... followed with so much success in botany , geology , anatomy , and other branches of the study of nature . In the history of the physical sciences , however , we look in vain for a place assigned to comparative philology , and 1 Die ...
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... followed in the history of art , of law , of politics , and religion . However , the title of com- Comparative Philology parative philology must not be allowed to mislead us . It is difficult to say by whom that title was invented ; but ...
... followed in the history of art , of law , of politics , and religion . However , the title of com- Comparative Philology parative philology must not be allowed to mislead us . It is difficult to say by whom that title was invented ; but ...
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... followed in other cognate lan- guages . In Tibetan the plural is formed by the addi- tion of such words as kun , all , and tsogs , multitude.1 1 Foucaux , Grammaire Tibetaine , p . 27 , and Preface , p . x . 2 Even the numerals , nine ...
... followed in other cognate lan- guages . In Tibetan the plural is formed by the addi- tion of such words as kun , all , and tsogs , multitude.1 1 Foucaux , Grammaire Tibetaine , p . 27 , and Preface , p . x . 2 Even the numerals , nine ...
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... followed by the lowest . The plays of Plautus are the best proof ; for the affectation of using Greek words is as evident in some of his characters as the foolish display of French in the German writers of the eighteenth cen- tury ...
... followed by the lowest . The plays of Plautus are the best proof ; for the affectation of using Greek words is as evident in some of his characters as the foolish display of French in the German writers of the eighteenth cen- tury ...
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