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After having been established as the language of legislation , religion , literature ,
and general civilization , the classical Latin dialect became stationary and
stagnant . It could not grow , because it was not allowed to change or to deviate
from ...
After having been established as the language of legislation , religion , literature ,
and general civilization , the classical Latin dialect became stationary and
stagnant . It could not grow , because it was not allowed to change or to deviate
from ...
Page 83
Arabic became to the Turks what Latin was to the Germans during the Middle
Ages ; and there is hardly a word in the higher intellectual terminology of Arabic ,
that might not be used , more or less naturally , by a writer in Turkish . But the
Arabs ...
Arabic became to the Turks what Latin was to the Germans during the Middle
Ages ; and there is hardly a word in the higher intellectual terminology of Arabic ,
that might not be used , more or less naturally , by a writer in Turkish . But the
Arabs ...
Page 101
His work thus became one of the principal channels through which the
grammatical terminology , which had been carried from Athens to Alexandria ,
flowed back to Rome , to spread from thence over the whole civilized world .
Dionysius ...
His work thus became one of the principal channels through which the
grammatical terminology , which had been carried from Athens to Alexandria ,
flowed back to Rome , to spread from thence over the whole civilized world .
Dionysius ...
Page 102
The Italians , no doubt , had their own national gods , but they soon became
converts to the mythology of the Greeks . Some of the Greek gods they identified
with their own ; others they admitted as new deities . Thus Saturnus , originally an
...
The Italians , no doubt , had their own national gods , but they soon became
converts to the mythology of the Greeks . Some of the Greek gods they identified
with their own ; others they admitted as new deities . Thus Saturnus , originally an
...
Page 105
He was patronized by the liberal party , by Publius Scipio , Titus Flaminius , and
Marcus Fulvius Nobilior.1 He became a Roman citizen . But Ennius was more
than a poet , more than a teacher of languages . He has been called a neologian
...
He was patronized by the liberal party , by Publius Scipio , Titus Flaminius , and
Marcus Fulvius Nobilior.1 He became a Roman citizen . But Ennius was more
than a poet , more than a teacher of languages . He has been called a neologian
...
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| Title | Lectures on the Science of Language Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain ...1861 [and 1863], Volume 1 Lectures on the Science of Language Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain ...1861 [and 1863], Friedrich Max Müller |
| Author | Friedrich Max Müller |
| Publisher | C. Scribner, 1866 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 12 Nov 2009 |
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