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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... once expressed my readiness to do so . I had lived long enough in England to know that the peculiar difficulties arising from my imperfect knowl- edge of the language would be more than balanced by the forbearance of an English audience ...
... once expressed my readiness to do so . I had lived long enough in England to know that the peculiar difficulties arising from my imperfect knowl- edge of the language would be more than balanced by the forbearance of an English audience ...
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... once ascer- tained its birth , its parentage , and its character . I myself prefer the simple designation of the Science of Language , though in these days of high - sounding titles , this plain name will hardly meet with general ...
... once ascer- tained its birth , its parentage , and its character . I myself prefer the simple designation of the Science of Language , though in these days of high - sounding titles , this plain name will hardly meet with general ...
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... once been spoken by Jupiter , and could never be changed , — not even by Jupiter himself . Zeus originally meant the bright heaven , in Sanskrit Dyaus ; and many of the stories Dies piler , told of him as the supreme god , had a meaning ...
... once been spoken by Jupiter , and could never be changed , — not even by Jupiter himself . Zeus originally meant the bright heaven , in Sanskrit Dyaus ; and many of the stories Dies piler , told of him as the supreme god , had a meaning ...
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... once impressed with the conviction that there must be order and law every- where , it never rests again until all that seems irregular has been eliminated , until the full beauty and harmony of nature has been perceived , and the eye of ...
... once impressed with the conviction that there must be order and law every- where , it never rests again until all that seems irregular has been eliminated , until the full beauty and harmony of nature has been perceived , and the eye of ...
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... once be welcomed among the established branches and scions of the ancient aristoc- racy of learning.1 1 Dr. Whewell classes the science of language as one of the palaitiologi- cal sciences ; but he makes a distinction between ...
... once be welcomed among the established branches and scions of the ancient aristoc- racy of learning.1 1 Dr. Whewell classes the science of language as one of the palaitiologi- cal sciences ; but he makes a distinction between ...
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