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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... instance , the golden hand on the dark dial of heaven , was , called by them the Measurer , the measurer of time ; for time was measured by nights , and moons , and winters , long before it was reckoned by days , and suns , and years ...
... instance , the golden hand on the dark dial of heaven , was , called by them the Measurer , the measurer of time ; for time was measured by nights , and moons , and winters , long before it was reckoned by days , and suns , and years ...
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... instance , admits that as yet no 1 " Man has two faculties , or two passive powers , the existence of which is generally acknowledged ; 1 , the faculty of receiving the different impres- sions caused by external objects , physical ...
... instance , admits that as yet no 1 " Man has two faculties , or two passive powers , the existence of which is generally acknowledged ; 1 , the faculty of receiving the different impres- sions caused by external objects , physical ...
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... . We had examined the empirical stage through which every science has to pass . We saw that , for instance , in botany , a man who has travelled through distant countries , who has collected a vast 24 CLASSIFICATORY STAGE .
... . We had examined the empirical stage through which every science has to pass . We saw that , for instance , in botany , a man who has travelled through distant countries , who has collected a vast 24 CLASSIFICATORY STAGE .
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... instances , as in the case just quoted of Philolaus , where the results properly be- longing to the third have been anticipated in the first stage . To the quick eye of genius one case may be like a thousand , and one experiment , well ...
... instances , as in the case just quoted of Philolaus , where the results properly be- longing to the third have been anticipated in the first stage . To the quick eye of genius one case may be like a thousand , and one experiment , well ...
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... instance , Professor Schleiden's “ Life of the Plant , " 1 who has not studied the life of plants in the wonderful variety , and in the still more wonderful order , of nature . These last and highest achievements of inductive philosophy ...
... instance , Professor Schleiden's “ Life of the Plant , " 1 who has not studied the life of plants in the wonderful variety , and in the still more wonderful order , of nature . These last and highest achievements of inductive philosophy ...
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