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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Page 72
... We must concede to animals " sensation , perception , memory , will , and judgment , " but we cannot allow to them a trace of what the Greek called logos , i . e . reason , literally , gathering , 72 REASON AND SPEECH .
... We must concede to animals " sensation , perception , memory , will , and judgment , " but we cannot allow to them a trace of what the Greek called logos , i . e . reason , literally , gathering , 72 REASON AND SPEECH .
Page 75
... called eared , nutri- tious , graceful , waving , the incense of the earth , & c . But it was called simply the white , the white color of its grain seeming to distinguish it best from those plants with which otherwise it had the ...
... called eared , nutri- tious , graceful , waving , the incense of the earth , & c . But it was called simply the white , the white color of its grain seeming to distinguish it best from those plants with which otherwise it had the ...
Page 76
... called the white plant , hvaiteis in Gothic , in A. S. hvæte , in Lithuanian kwetys , in English wheat , and all these words point to the Sanskrit śveta , i . e . white , the Gothic hveits , the A. S. hvit . In Sanskrit , śveta , white ...
... called the white plant , hvaiteis in Gothic , in A. S. hvæte , in Lithuanian kwetys , in English wheat , and all these words point to the Sanskrit śveta , i . e . white , the Gothic hveits , the A. S. hvit . In Sanskrit , śveta , white ...
Page 78
... called its base , and basis in Greek meant originally no more than going , the base being conceived as ground on which it is safe to walk . What can be more general than facies , originally the make or shape of a thing , then the face ...
... called its base , and basis in Greek meant originally no more than going , the base being conceived as ground on which it is safe to walk . What can be more general than facies , originally the make or shape of a thing , then the face ...
Page 106
... called the table of the elements of language . But what do we learn from our A B C ? what even , if we are told that k is a guttural tenuis , s a dental sibilant , m a labial nasal , y a palatal liquid ? These are names which are ...
... called the table of the elements of language . But what do we learn from our A B C ? what even , if we are told that k is a guttural tenuis , s a dental sibilant , m a labial nasal , y a palatal liquid ? These are names which are ...
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