| Literature - 1852 - 638 pages
...language. There are two theories on this subject, says Mr. Trench— One, and th.at whioh rather JIMS been than is, for few maintain it now, would put language...with which man has gradually adorned and enriched hi., life ; it would nutkc him by degrees to have invented it, just &s he might have invented any of... | |
| Epes Sargent - American literature - 1857 - 488 pages
...theories'™ in regard to the origin of Ian. guage. One would put language on the same level with the varioas arts and inventions with which man has gradually adorned and enriched his life. It might, I think, be sufficient to object to this explanation, that language would then be an accident*1... | |
| English language - 1859 - 684 pages
...two theories about this. One, and that which rather has been than now is, for few maintain it still, would put language on the same level with the various...by which he expressed his natural wants, the sounds * " Frank," though thus originally a German word, only came back to Germany from France in the seventeenth... | |
| Epes Sargent - Readers - 1859 - 450 pages
...THE STUDY OF WORDS. PART FIRST. 1. THERE are two theories11 in regard to the origin of Ianguage. One would put language on the same level with the various...man has gradually adorned and enriched his life. It might, I think, be sufficient to object to this explanation, that language would then be an accident^... | |
| Richard Chenevix Trench - English language - 1859 - 252 pages
...two theories about this. One, and that which rather has been than now is, for few maintain it still, would put language on the same level with the various arts and inventions with \fhich man has gradually adorned and enriched his life. It would make him by degrees to have invented... | |
| Richard Chenevix Trench - English language - 1860 - 264 pages
...two theories about this. One, and that which rather has been than now is, for few maintain it still, would put language on the same level with the various...and enriched his life. It would make him by degrees ° See Gibbon's De-line and Pall, c. 55. to have invented it, just as he might have invented any of... | |
| Richard Chenevix Trench - English language - 1861 - 262 pages
...two theories about this. One, and that which rather has been than now is, for few maintain it still, would put language on the same level with the various...and enriched his life. It would make him by degrees 0 See Gibbon's De-line and Fall, c. 65. to have invented it, just as he might have invented any of... | |
| Richard Chenevix Trench - English language - 1863 - 264 pages
...two theories about this. One, and that which rather has been than now is, for few maintain it still, would put language on the same level with the various...and enriched his life. It would make him by degrees * See Gibbon's Decline and Fall, c. 65. to have invented it, just as he might have invented any of... | |
| Richard Chenevix Trench - English language - 1866 - 260 pages
...two theories about this. One, and that which rather has been than now is, for few maintain it still, would put language on the same level with the various...and enriched his life. It would make him by degrees ° See Gibbon's Decline and Pall, o. 65. to hare invented it, just as he might have invented any of... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1867 - 528 pages
...objects to the theory that in like manner he invented language. To the doctrine, that from rude and imperfect beginnings, the inarticulate cries by which...imitate the impression of natural objects upon him, man by little and little arrived at that wondrous organ of thought and feeling which he now possesses,... | |
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