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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... give you a more detailed account of this glorious siege and victory . At present I only refer to it to show how , in all quarters of the globe , and from sources where it would least be expected , new materials are forth- coming that ...
... give you a more detailed account of this glorious siege and victory . At present I only refer to it to show how , in all quarters of the globe , and from sources where it would least be expected , new materials are forth- coming that ...
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... gives us the key to the original func- tion of language itself , and to its whole mechanism . " 3 — 1 The Polynesian , Honolulu , Sept. 27 , Oct. 4 , Oct. 11 , 1862 , — containing an Essay by Dr. J. Rae . Strange as it may sound to hear ...
... gives us the key to the original func- tion of language itself , and to its whole mechanism . " 3 — 1 The Polynesian , Honolulu , Sept. 27 , Oct. 4 , Oct. 11 , 1862 , — containing an Essay by Dr. J. Rae . Strange as it may sound to hear ...
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... gives as illus- trations : Annamique . Cantonnais . dix pourvoir sang forêt thap dak houet lam chap tak hæět lam . He likewise mentions double consonants in the Chinese as spoken in Co- chin - China , namely , bl , dy , ml , ty , tr ...
... gives as illus- trations : Annamique . Cantonnais . dix pourvoir sang forêt thap dak houet lam chap tak hæět lam . He likewise mentions double consonants in the Chinese as spoken in Co- chin - China , namely , bl , dy , ml , ty , tr ...
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... give them a permanency which will defy the ceremonial loyalty of the natives . Van- couver observes ( Voyage , vol . i . p . 135 ) that at the accession of Otu , which took place between the visit of Cook and his own , no less than ...
... give them a permanency which will defy the ceremonial loyalty of the natives . Van- couver observes ( Voyage , vol . i . p . 135 ) that at the accession of Otu , which took place between the visit of Cook and his own , no less than ...
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... give palpable proofs of its use ; but he had spoken to the Marquis de L'Hôpital and others , of his Spécieuse Générale , without gaining from them more attention than if he had been telling them of a dream . He ought to be able , he ...
... give palpable proofs of its use ; but he had spoken to the Marquis de L'Hôpital and others , of his Spécieuse Générale , without gaining from them more attention than if he had been telling them of a dream . He ought to be able , he ...
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