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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Page 93
... translated by so many inter- preters that one of the Brahmans remarked , they must become like water that had passed through many im- pure channels . We hear , indeed , of more ancient 1 This shows how difficult it would be to admit ...
... translated by so many inter- preters that one of the Brahmans remarked , they must become like water that had passed through many im- pure channels . We hear , indeed , of more ancient 1 This shows how difficult it would be to admit ...
Page 96
... translated the writings of Zoroaster , was in all probability Hermip- pus , 2 the Peripatetic philosopher , the pupil of Callima- 1 Ptolemæus Philadelphus ( 287-246 B. C. ) , on the recommendation of his chief librarian ( Demetrius ...
... translated the writings of Zoroaster , was in all probability Hermip- pus , 2 the Peripatetic philosopher , the pupil of Callima- 1 Ptolemæus Philadelphus ( 287-246 B. C. ) , on the recommendation of his chief librarian ( Demetrius ...
Page 103
... translating these oracles.2 When the Romans , in 454 B. C. , wanted to establish a code of laws , the first thing they did was to send commissioners to Greece to report on the laws of Solon at Athens and the laws of other Greek towns.3 ...
... translating these oracles.2 When the Romans , in 454 B. C. , wanted to establish a code of laws , the first thing they did was to send commissioners to Greece to report on the laws of Solon at Athens and the laws of other Greek towns.3 ...
Page 104
... translating school - books and plays . Livius Andronicus , sent as prisoner of war from Tarentum ( 272 B. c . ) , estab- lished himself at Rome as professor of ... translated into Latin . Ennius , the cotemporary of 104 GREECE AND ROME .
... translating school - books and plays . Livius Andronicus , sent as prisoner of war from Tarentum ( 272 B. c . ) , estab- lished himself at Rome as professor of ... translated into Latin . Ennius , the cotemporary of 104 GREECE AND ROME .
Page 105
... translated by him into Latin.2 One was the philosophy of Epicharmus ( 470 B. C. , in Megara ) , who taught that Zeus was nothing but the air , and other gods but names of the powers of nature ; the other the work of Euhemerus , of ...
... translated by him into Latin.2 One was the philosophy of Epicharmus ( 470 B. C. , in Megara ) , who taught that Zeus was nothing but the air , and other gods but names of the powers of nature ; the other the work of Euhemerus , of ...
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