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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... philosopher to inquire into the nature of these phonetic types , and tempts him to transcend the narrow limits of the purely positive science of language . I value as much as any one the labours of Mr. Wedgwood and the Rev. F. W. Farrar ...
... philosopher to inquire into the nature of these phonetic types , and tempts him to transcend the narrow limits of the purely positive science of language . I value as much as any one the labours of Mr. Wedgwood and the Rev. F. W. Farrar ...
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... to a science far too comprehensive to be treated successfully in so small a compass . My object , however , will have been attained , if I should succeed in attracting the attention , not only of the scholar , but of the philosopher ,
... to a science far too comprehensive to be treated successfully in so small a compass . My object , however , will have been attained , if I should succeed in attracting the attention , not only of the scholar , but of the philosopher ,
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... philosopher , the historian , and the theologian , to a science which concerns them all ; and which , though it professes to treat of words only , teaches us that there is more in words than is dreamt of in our philosophy . I quote from ...
... philosopher , the historian , and the theologian , to a science which concerns them all ; and which , though it professes to treat of words only , teaches us that there is more in words than is dreamt of in our philosophy . I quote from ...
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... philosophers to deep researches and bold discoveries . The founda- tion - stone of the most glorious structures of ... philosopher , 1 See Jessen , Was heisst Botanik ? 1861 . but the sailor and the farmer . The early poet EMPIRICAL ...
... philosophers to deep researches and bold discoveries . The founda- tion - stone of the most glorious structures of ... philosopher , 1 See Jessen , Was heisst Botanik ? 1861 . but the sailor and the farmer . The early poet EMPIRICAL ...
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... philosopher may have speculated on the heavenly harmonies ; but it was to the sailor alone that a knowledge of the glittering guides of heaven became a question of life and death . It was he who calcu- lated their risings and settings ...
... philosopher may have speculated on the heavenly harmonies ; but it was to the sailor alone that a knowledge of the glittering guides of heaven became a question of life and death . It was he who calcu- lated their risings and settings ...
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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.