Natural Religion: The Gifford Lectures Delivered Before the University of Glasgow in 1888Longmans, Green, 1898 - 608 pages |
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Page 37
... dialects , from popular parlance to technical theology , the case becomes different . We then enter on purely dogmatic or self - willed definitions , the natural growth of language seems arrested , and all we can do is to register the ...
... dialects , from popular parlance to technical theology , the case becomes different . We then enter on purely dogmatic or self - willed definitions , the natural growth of language seems arrested , and all we can do is to register the ...
Page 83
... . And I feel therefore all the more bound to state that there are some dialects spoken in Tierra del Fuego , such as the Alacalu or Ona , which Signor Bovè himself declares to be harsh G 2 EXAMINATION OF DEFINITIONS . 83.
... . And I feel therefore all the more bound to state that there are some dialects spoken in Tierra del Fuego , such as the Alacalu or Ona , which Signor Bovè himself declares to be harsh G 2 EXAMINATION OF DEFINITIONS . 83.
Page 203
... dialects , and traces each word back from century to century , until from the English , for instance , now spoken in ... dialect of the great Teutonic stem of language , that Teutonic again is but a dialect of the great Aryan family of ...
... dialects , and traces each word back from century to century , until from the English , for instance , now spoken in ... dialect of the great Teutonic stem of language , that Teutonic again is but a dialect of the great Aryan family of ...
Page 209
... dialects , spoken in the United States . Being , as we are told , a thorough master of Tinné , the Bishop states that its significant radicals are the five primitive vowels , A , E , I , O , U. Of these A expresses matter , E existence ...
... dialects , spoken in the United States . Being , as we are told , a thorough master of Tinné , the Bishop states that its significant radicals are the five primitive vowels , A , E , I , O , U. Of these A expresses matter , E existence ...
Page 217
... dialects spoken by savage tribes , gaining their confidence , and gathering at last from their lips some records of their popular traditions , their ceremonial customs , some prayers , it may be , and some confession of their ancient ...
... dialects spoken by savage tribes , gaining their confidence , and gathering at last from their lips some records of their popular traditions , their ceremonial customs , some prayers , it may be , and some confession of their ancient ...
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