 | Dominick M'Causland - Babel, Tower of - 1867 - 56 pages
...in his first introduction of it to the notice of the Asiatic Society in 1782, describes it as of a wonderful structure, ' more perfect than the Greek,...than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than ca either.' When this ancient language came in view, and was submitted to the critical examination... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1867 - 456 pages
...Sanskrit appeared as a mine yielding only the purest virgin gold. The Sanskrit language, he said, was " more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either." But later philologists, who hold that complexity and redundance are but signs of imperfection, think... | |
 | Bible - 1867 - 380 pages
...at all likely, indeed, that a language written, unlike most ancient tongues, from left to right, " more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either," should have sprung up in India in the very infancy of letters. Long, very long, before we knew anything... | |
 | David Thomas - 1867 - 764 pages
...at all likely, indeed, that a language written, unlike most aucient tongues, from left to right, " more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either," should have sprung up in India in the very infancy of letters. Long, very long, before we knew anything... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1867 - 656 pages
...sacred books are written (Sanscrit) is of unfathomable antiquity, and, according to Sir William Jones, more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more excellently refined than either ; and, in, the judgment of the learned, capable of expressing every... | |
 | R. S. Perinbanayagam - Philosophy - 2000 - 324 pages
...famous to students of historical linguistics: The Sanskrit language, whatever may be its antiquity, is of wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek,...the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either; yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in roots of verbs and in forms of grammar, than... | |
 | Homer - Fiction - 2000 - 324 pages
...of which the following is a brief extract: The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure: more perfect than the Greek....the Latin. and more exquisitely refined than either, yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar,... | |
 | David Crystal, Hilary Crystal - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2000 - 604 pages
...Dictionary of the English Language, Preface 16:43 The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek,...the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either, yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs, and in the forms of grammar,... | |
 | Eliot Weinberger - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2000 - 212 pages
...discovery of an IndoEuropean Hr-language: The Sanscrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek,...the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either, yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar,... | |
 | Michael J. Franklin - Deccan (India) - 2000 - 580 pages
...has prevailed in it. The Sarfcrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful ftructure; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquifitely refined than either; yet bearing to both of them a Wronger affinity, both in the roots... | |
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The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either, yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs... 
