Lectures on the Science of Language: Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in ... 1861 [and 1863], Volume 2C. Scribner, 1869 |
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... Italy have been deciphered , such was the uprightness of his character that he would certainly have been the first to acknowledge his mistake , had he been spared to continue his studies . Though his skepticism was occasion- ally ...
... Italy have been deciphered , such was the uprightness of his character that he would certainly have been the first to acknowledge his mistake , had he been spared to continue his studies . Though his skepticism was occasion- ally ...
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... Italian , of Greek and Latin , of Lithu anian and Sanskrit , of Hebrew and Arabic , has been established , is the most satisfactory ; but such evi- dence is possible only in inflectional languages that have passed their period of growth ...
... Italian , of Greek and Latin , of Lithu anian and Sanskrit , of Hebrew and Arabic , has been established , is the most satisfactory ; but such evi- dence is possible only in inflectional languages that have passed their period of growth ...
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... Italy , and Germany . The Tahitians , 1 besides their mataphorical expres- sions , have another and a more singular mode of dis- playing their reverence towards their king , by a cus- tom which they term Te pi . They cease to employ ...
... Italy , and Germany . The Tahitians , 1 besides their mataphorical expres- sions , have another and a more singular mode of dis- playing their reverence towards their king , by a cus- tom which they term Te pi . They cease to employ ...
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... Italy for liter- ary compositions to the silent influence of ladies who did not understand the Latin language . Now this vulgar Italian , before it became the literary language of Italy , held very much the same position there as the so ...
... Italy for liter- ary compositions to the silent influence of ladies who did not understand the Latin language . Now this vulgar Italian , before it became the literary language of Italy , held very much the same position there as the so ...
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... Italian lasso , to say nothing of such words as pain , suffering , agony , & c . , is there by the free will of the speaker , meant for something , used with a purpose , chosen as a sign ? Again , that sounds can be rendered in language ...
... Italian lasso , to say nothing of such words as pain , suffering , agony , & c . , is there by the free will of the speaker , meant for something , used with a purpose , chosen as a sign ? Again , that sounds can be rendered in language ...
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