Contributions to the History of the Development of the Human Race: Lectures and DissertationsTrübner & Company, 1880 - 156 страници |
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... words have created for it , as regards its appearance in our English tongue , a sort of ante - natal reputation . The reputation is in many respects well deserved . The book is marked throughout by singular ability , abounds in striking ...
... words have created for it , as regards its appearance in our English tongue , a sort of ante - natal reputation . The reputation is in many respects well deserved . The book is marked throughout by singular ability , abounds in striking ...
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... word , I feel , is needed on behalf of myself as translator . No one can be more fully alive than myself to the difficulties of translation , and hence it is not with a " light heart " that I ever undertake the task . If I have ventured ...
... word , I feel , is needed on behalf of myself as translator . No one can be more fully alive than myself to the difficulties of translation , and hence it is not with a " light heart " that I ever undertake the task . If I have ventured ...
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... words of the Roman poet , was created to separate the nations , has by navigation been con- verted into an immense channel of communication , the study of living languages tends to create an asso- LANGUAGE AND ITS IMPORTANCE . 3.
... words of the Roman poet , was created to separate the nations , has by navigation been con- verted into an immense channel of communication , the study of living languages tends to create an asso- LANGUAGE AND ITS IMPORTANCE . 3.
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... words which I am reading , the sounds which I am reviving with my lips , are the same as those with which Demosthenes once called upon his native city , ensnared by treason , to try to regain her freedom , — the same in which Plato ...
... words which I am reading , the sounds which I am reviving with my lips , are the same as those with which Demosthenes once called upon his native city , ensnared by treason , to try to regain her freedom , — the same in which Plato ...
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... word , that was superfluous for them but is invalu- able to us , a picture of the life of their time ; and what results from the careful collection of all these minute traits is the lesson that human thought and volition , from the ...
... word , that was superfluous for them but is invalu- able to us , a picture of the life of their time ; and what results from the careful collection of all these minute traits is the lesson that human thought and volition , from the ...
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