Lectures on the Science of Language Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain ... 1861 [and 1863].C. Scribner andcompany, 1866 |
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... scholars of Alexandria on the ancient forms of their language as preserved in the Homeric poems . But rules of declension and conjugation , paradigms of regular and irregular nouns and verbs , observations on syntax , and the like ...
... scholars of Alexandria on the ancient forms of their language as preserved in the Homeric poems . But rules of declension and conjugation , paradigms of regular and irregular nouns and verbs , observations on syntax , and the like ...
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... third century B. C. ( 285 ) , we find the He- brew Bible translated into Greek . 2 Plin . xxx . 2. " Sine dubio illa orta in Perside a Zoroastre , ut inter chus , one of the most learned scholars at Alexan- 96 STUDY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES .
... third century B. C. ( 285 ) , we find the He- brew Bible translated into Greek . 2 Plin . xxx . 2. " Sine dubio illa orta in Perside a Zoroastre , ut inter chus , one of the most learned scholars at Alexan- 96 STUDY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES .
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Friedrich Max Müller. chus , one of the most learned scholars at Alexan- dria . But although we find at Alexandria these and simi- lar traces of a general interest having been excited by the literatures of other nations , there is no ...
Friedrich Max Müller. chus , one of the most learned scholars at Alexan- dria . But although we find at Alexandria these and simi- lar traces of a general interest having been excited by the literatures of other nations , there is no ...
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... scholars of Alexandria . Their chief occupation was to publish correct texts of the Greek classics , and particularly of Homer . They were forced , therefore , to pay attention to the exact forms of Greek grammar . The MSS . sent to ...
... scholars of Alexandria . Their chief occupation was to publish correct texts of the Greek classics , and particularly of Homer . They were forced , therefore , to pay attention to the exact forms of Greek grammar . The MSS . sent to ...
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... discovere he has altered many a plural into a dual when theA was no necessity for it . 1 άρθρον προτασσόμενον , ἄρθρον ὑποτασσόμενον . OF GENERAL • The scholars of Alexandria , therefore , and of STUDY OF ANCIENT GREEK . 99.
... discovere he has altered many a plural into a dual when theA was no necessity for it . 1 άρθρον προτασσόμενον , ἄρθρον ὑποτασσόμενον . OF GENERAL • The scholars of Alexandria , therefore , and of STUDY OF ANCIENT GREEK . 99.
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