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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... object is , on the contrary , capable of becoming the end and goal of the labors and transactions of a scientific associa- tion . " 1 In my former course all that I could attempt to do was to point out the principal objects of the ...
... object is , on the contrary , capable of becoming the end and goal of the labors and transactions of a scientific associa- tion . " 1 In my former course all that I could attempt to do was to point out the principal objects of the ...
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... it high treason to speak during her reign of Tories , this word being always supplied by another ; such , for instance , as Liberal - Conservative . The object was clearly to guard against the name of the sovereign being TE PI . 43.
... it high treason to speak during her reign of Tories , this word being always supplied by another ; such , for instance , as Liberal - Conservative . The object was clearly to guard against the name of the sovereign being TE PI . 43.
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... object is attained by tabooing even one portion of his name . " But this alteration , " as Mr. Hales continues , " affects not only the words themselves , but syllables of similar sound in other words . Thus the name of one of the kings ...
... object is attained by tabooing even one portion of his name . " But this alteration , " as Mr. Hales continues , " affects not only the words themselves , but syllables of similar sound in other words . Thus the name of one of the kings ...
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... object , a purpose , a meaning . The endless configurations of sound which are collected in our dictionaries would have no existence at all , they would be the mere ghost of a language , unless they stood there as the embodiment of ...
... object , a purpose , a meaning . The endless configurations of sound which are collected in our dictionaries would have no existence at all , they would be the mere ghost of a language , unless they stood there as the embodiment of ...
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... object of the Bishop was not to in- 1 The work of Bishop Wilkins is analyzed and criticised by Lord Monboddo , in the second volume of his Origin and Progress of Language Edinburgh , 1774 . : vent a new spoken language , though he ...
... object of the Bishop was not to in- 1 The work of Bishop Wilkins is analyzed and criticised by Lord Monboddo , in the second volume of his Origin and Progress of Language Edinburgh , 1774 . : vent a new spoken language , though he ...
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