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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... write any portions of my Lectures , or to give to them that form which I should wish to give to them , if now , after the lapse of five years , I had to write them again . In one or two cases only , where my meaning had been evidently ...
... write any portions of my Lectures , or to give to them that form which I should wish to give to them , if now , after the lapse of five years , I had to write them again . In one or two cases only , where my meaning had been evidently ...
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... scientific inquiry were not inferior , whether in novelty or importance , to the most brilliant discoveries of our age . B It was not till I began to write my lectures LECTURE PAGE THE SCIENCE OF LANGUAGE ONE OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES.
... scientific inquiry were not inferior , whether in novelty or importance , to the most brilliant discoveries of our age . B It was not till I began to write my lectures LECTURE PAGE THE SCIENCE OF LANGUAGE ONE OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES.
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... write my lectures that I became aware of the difficulties of the task I had undertaken . The dimensions of the science of lan- guage are so vast that it is impossible in a course of nine lectures to give more than a very general survey ...
... write my lectures that I became aware of the difficulties of the task I had undertaken . The dimensions of the science of lan- guage are so vast that it is impossible in a course of nine lectures to give more than a very general survey ...
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... writes , ' that the power of abstract- ing is not at all in brutes , and that the having of general ideas is that which puts a perfect distinction between man and brutes . For it is evident we observe no footsteps in these of making use ...
... writes , ' that the power of abstract- ing is not at all in brutes , and that the having of general ideas is that which puts a perfect distinction between man and brutes . For it is evident we observe no footsteps in these of making use ...
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... writes , it does not follow that therefore He produces all the actions which we perform . He has given us the faculty of building a house and doing any other work ; but we , surely , are the builders , and not He . In the same manner ...
... writes , it does not follow that therefore He produces all the actions which we perform . He has given us the faculty of building a house and doing any other work ; but we , surely , are the builders , and not He . In the same manner ...
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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.