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The dimensions of the science of language 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 greatest charms of this science consists in the minuteness of the analysis
by ...
The dimensions of the science of language 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 greatest charms of this science consists in the minuteness of the analysis
by ...
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It is impossible for a student of language to acquire a practical knowledge of all
tongues with which he has to deal . He does not wish to speak the Kachikal
language , of which a professorship was lately founded in the University of
Guatemala ...
It is impossible for a student of language to acquire a practical knowledge of all
tongues with which he has to deal . He does not wish to speak the Kachikal
language , of which a professorship was lately founded in the University of
Guatemala ...
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It is impossible to fix the exact number of known languages , but their number can
hardly be less than nine hun• dred . That this vast field should never have excited
the curiosity of the natural philosopher before the beginning of our century ...
It is impossible to fix the exact number of known languages , but their number can
hardly be less than nine hun• dred . That this vast field should never have excited
the curiosity of the natural philosopher before the beginning of our century ...
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Where there is a classical literature , and where its language is spread to every
town and village , it seems almost impossible that any further changes should
take place . Nevertheless , the language of Rome , for so many centuries the
queen ...
Where there is a classical literature , and where its language is spread to every
town and village , it seems almost impossible that any further changes should
take place . Nevertheless , the language of Rome , for so many centuries the
queen ...
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Try to alter the small? est rule of English , and you will find that it is physically
impossible . There is apparently a very small difference between much and very ,
but you can hardly ever put one in the place of the other . You can say , “ I am
very ...
Try to alter the small? est rule of English , and you will find that it is physically
impossible . There is apparently a very small difference between much and very ,
but you can hardly ever put one in the place of the other . You can say , “ I am
very ...
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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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