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... confused ideas among the public at large as to the real objects of this new
science . We hear it spoken of as Comparative Philology , Scientific Etymology ,
Phonology , and Glosears . 1 sology . In France it has received the
INTRODUCTION .
... confused ideas among the public at large as to the real objects of this new
science . We hear it spoken of as Comparative Philology , Scientific Etymology ,
Phonology , and Glosears . 1 sology . In France it has received the
INTRODUCTION .
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... originally what had been spoken ; and before Fate became a power , even
greater than Jupiter , it meant that which had once been spoken by Jupiter , and
could never be changed , — not even by Jupiter himself . Zeus originally meant
the ...
... originally what had been spoken ; and before Fate became a power , even
greater than Jupiter , it meant that which had once been spoken by Jupiter , and
could never be changed , — not even by Jupiter himself . Zeus originally meant
the ...
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... excludes all that is historical , for it classes objects by their permanent and
universal properties , and has nothing to do with the narration of particular or
casual facts . ” Now , if we consider the large number of tongues spoken in
different parts ...
... excludes all that is historical , for it classes objects by their permanent and
universal properties , and has nothing to do with the narration of particular or
casual facts . ” Now , if we consider the large number of tongues spoken in
different parts ...
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... though perfectly intelligible , is no longer the spoken language of England . In
Booker's Scripture and Prayer - book Glossary 1 the number of words or senses
of words which have become obsolete since 1611 , amount to 388 , or nearly one
...
... though perfectly intelligible , is no longer the spoken language of England . In
Booker's Scripture and Prayer - book Glossary 1 the number of words or senses
of words which have become obsolete since 1611 , amount to 388 , or nearly one
...
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Several of the irregular imperfects and participles have assumed a new form . No
one now uses he spake , and he drave , instead of he spoke , and he drove ;
holpen is replaced by helped ; holden by held ; shapen by shaped . The
distinction ...
Several of the irregular imperfects and participles have assumed a new form . No
one now uses he spake , and he drave , instead of he spoke , and he drove ;
holpen is replaced by helped ; holden by held ; shapen by shaped . The
distinction ...
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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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