Lectures on the Science of Language: Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in April, May, & June 1861, Volume 1 |
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... According to a writer in Notes and Queries ( 2nd Series , vol . x . p . 500 ) , astrology is not so entirely extinct as we suppose . ' One of our principal writers , ' he states , one of our leading barristers , and several members of ...
... According to a writer in Notes and Queries ( 2nd Series , vol . x . p . 500 ) , astrology is not so entirely extinct as we suppose . ' One of our principal writers , ' he states , one of our leading barristers , and several members of ...
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... according to their subject - matter , may be called physical and historical . Physical science deals with the works of God , historical science with the works of man 13. Now if we were to judge by its name , comparative philology , like ...
... according to their subject - matter , may be called physical and historical . Physical science deals with the works of God , historical science with the works of man 13. Now if we were to judge by its name , comparative philology , like ...
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... According 2 Genesis ii . 19 . 3 St. Basil was accused by Eunomius of denying Divine Pro- vidence , because he would not admit that God had created the names of all things , but ascribed the invention of language to the faculties which ...
... According 2 Genesis ii . 19 . 3 St. Basil was accused by Eunomius of denying Divine Pro- vidence , because he would not admit that God had created the names of all things , but ascribed the invention of language to the faculties which ...
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... according to our own plea- sure . As man is the lord of nature only if he knows her laws and submits to them , the poet and the philosopher become the lords of language only if they know its laws and obey them . So. 6 When the Emperor ...
... according to our own plea- sure . As man is the lord of nature only if he knows her laws and submits to them , the poet and the philosopher become the lords of language only if they know its laws and obey them . So. 6 When the Emperor ...
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... according to others , constitute the history of language , is under the control of man . The phonetic decay of language is not the result of mere accident ; it is governed by definite laws , as we shall see when we come to con- sider ...
... according to others , constitute the history of language , is under the control of man . The phonetic decay of language is not the result of mere accident ; it is governed by definite laws , as we shall see when we come to con- sider ...
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Page 28 - And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.