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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... scholar , but of the philosopher , the historian , and the theologian , to a science which concerns them all , and which , though it professes to treat of words only , teaches us that there is more in words than is dreamt of in our ...
... scholar , but of the philosopher , the historian , and the theologian , to a science which concerns them all , and which , though it professes to treat of words only , teaches us that there is more in words than is dreamt of in our ...
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... scholar as Melancthon , and even Bacon allows it a place among the sciences , though admitting that " it had better in- telligence and confederacy with the imagination of man than with his reason . " In spite of the strong con ...
... scholar as Melancthon , and even Bacon allows it a place among the sciences , though admitting that " it had better in- telligence and confederacy with the imagination of man than with his reason . " In spite of the strong con ...
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... scholar , and though in re- turn it has proved of great use to him , yet compara- tive philology has really nothing ... scholar uses Greek or Latin , the oriental scholar Hebrew or San- skrit , or any other language , as a key 32 ...
... scholar , and though in re- turn it has proved of great use to him , yet compara- tive philology has really nothing ... scholar uses Greek or Latin , the oriental scholar Hebrew or San- skrit , or any other language , as a key 32 ...
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... scholar who has studied it thoroughly and critically in a number of literary works representing the various periods of its growth . Nevertheless , short lists of vocables , and imperfect sketches of a grammar , are in many in- stances ...
... scholar who has studied it thoroughly and critically in a number of literary works representing the various periods of its growth . Nevertheless , short lists of vocables , and imperfect sketches of a grammar , are in many in- stances ...
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... scholar , is unintelligible except to the peas- ants of each narrow district in which it prevails . What is therefore generally called the Friesian language , and described as such in Friesian grammars , is in reality 1 Nea Pandora ...
... scholar , is unintelligible except to the peas- ants of each narrow district in which it prevails . What is therefore generally called the Friesian language , and described as such in Friesian grammars , is in reality 1 Nea Pandora ...
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