| Classical philology - 1811 - 560 pages
...Researches, in the Calcutta edition, vol. ip 422.] ' Now the Sanscrit bears to the Greek and the Latin a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs and...one common source, which perhaps no longer [exists.' [At page 138, of his works.] 'The language of Noah, [the first mothertongue,] is irrecoverably lost... | |
| Universalism - 1887 - 544 pages
...both in the roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could have been produced by accideut ; so strong that no philologer could examine all the three without believing them to have sprung from some common source, which perhaps no longer «xists." And he adds : " There is a similar... | |
| Theodor Benfey - Comparative linguistics - 1869 - 860 pages
...1788) unb tauten 348 ©efäi^te bet neuereit ©pro^wiffenfdjaft imb ortentaltfdjcn folgenbermafjen : 'The Sanscrit language whatever may be its antiquity,...so strong that no philologer could examine all the tree without believing them to have sprung from some common source which, perhaps, no longer exists.... | |
| Frederic William Farrar - Language - 1870 - 274 pages
...in the following remarkable passage of his paper in the Asiatic Researches (i. 422). ' The Sanskrit language, whatever may be its antiquity, is of a wonderful...no philologer could examine all the three without beliecing them to have sprung from some common source which perhaps no longer exists. There is a similar... | |
| Scotland - 1873 - 354 pages
...the East. In a paper contained in the first volume of the "Asiatic Eesearches" (p. 442), he says, " The Sanscrit language, whatever may be its antiquity,...could examine all the three without believing them to have sprung from some common source, whioh, perhaps, no longer exists. There is a similar reason, though... | |
| Berthold Delbrück - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1882 - 168 pages
...expressed himself on this point as follows : "The Sanskrit language, whatever may be its antiquity, is of wonderful structure ; more perfect than the Greek,...could examine all the three without believing them to have sprung from some common source, which, perhaps, no longer exists. There is a similar reason, though... | |
| Thomas Alexander Wise, Thomas Wise - Celts - 1884 - 312 pages
...in roots and verbs, and in the forms of grammar. This resemblance is so strong, that no philosopher could examine all the three without believing them...common source which, perhaps, no longer exists."''' Frederick Von Schlegel, some twenty years later, in his " Languages and Philosophy of the Indians,"... | |
| Wales - 1887 - 284 pages
...quoting with admiration a passage from a paper contributed to the Bengal Asiatic Society: " The Sanskrit language, whatever may be its antiquity, is of a wonderful...could examine all the three without believing them to have sprung from some common source, which perhaps no longer exists. There is a similar reason, though... | |
| Hanns Oertel - Comparative linguistics - 1901 - 370 pages
...formulated in 1786 but was not published until 1788,2 that the Sanskrit language bears to Greek and Latin " a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs and...could examine all the three without believing them to have sprung from some common source which, perhaps, no longer exists. There is a similar reason, though... | |
| Vilhelm Thomsen - Comparative linguistics - 1902 - 104 pages
...udtalte han sig i 1ste bind af de af dette selskab udgivne Asiatic liesearchcs, s. 422, således1): ,,The Sanscrit language, whatever may be its antiquity,...could examine all the three without believing them to have sprung from some common source which, perhaps, no longer exists ; there is a similar reason, though... | |
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