Lectures on the Science of Language Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in April, May, and June, 1861Scribner, Armstrong, 1874 - 4 pages |
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... called in Sanskrit mâ - tram , the Greek metron , our metre . Now if the moon was originally called by the farmer the measurer , the ruler of days , and weeks , and seasons , the regulator of the tides , the lord of their festivals ...
... called in Sanskrit mâ - tram , the Greek metron , our metre . Now if the moon was originally called by the farmer the measurer , the ruler of days , and weeks , and seasons , the regulator of the tides , the lord of their festivals ...
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... called heretics for believing that words such as justice or truth expressed only concep- tions of our mind , not real things walking about in broad daylight . In modern times the science of language has been called in to settle some of ...
... called heretics for believing that words such as justice or truth expressed only concep- tions of our mind , not real things walking about in broad daylight . In modern times the science of language has been called in to settle some of ...
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... called practical , have still retained a charm of their own a charm that will never lose its power on the mind , and on the heart of man . Now , however much the frontiers of the animal kingdom have been pushed for- ward , so that at ...
... called practical , have still retained a charm of their own a charm that will never lose its power on the mind , and on the heart of man . Now , however much the frontiers of the animal kingdom have been pushed for- ward , so that at ...
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... called physical and historical . Physical science deals with the works of God , historical science with the works of man . Now if we were to judge by its name , comparative philology , like classical philology , would seem to take rank ...
... called physical and historical . Physical science deals with the works of God , historical science with the works of man . Now if we were to judge by its name , comparative philology , like classical philology , would seem to take rank ...
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... called , but he adds : " We began our inquiry with the trust that any sound views which we should be able to obtain respecting the nature of truth in the physical sciences , and the mode of discovering it , must also tend to throw light ...
... called , but he adds : " We began our inquiry with the trust that any sound views which we should be able to obtain respecting the nature of truth in the physical sciences , and the mode of discovering it , must also tend to throw light ...
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