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... sounds by written characters in all the Romance family . † Hence , * See Illustration IV . at the end of this lecture . The student will find in Fauriel , ' Dante , et les origines de la Langue et de la Littérature Italiennes , ' much ...
... sounds by written characters in all the Romance family . † Hence , * See Illustration IV . at the end of this lecture . The student will find in Fauriel , ' Dante , et les origines de la Langue et de la Littérature Italiennes , ' much ...
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... authorities , and because they do not trace , with sufficient distinct- ness , the historical development of the language . generation since sound linguistic philosophy was first brought to bear 16 LECT . L. THE ROMANCE LANGUAGES.
... authorities , and because they do not trace , with sufficient distinct- ness , the historical development of the language . generation since sound linguistic philosophy was first brought to bear 16 LECT . L. THE ROMANCE LANGUAGES.
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George Perkins Marsh. generation since sound linguistic philosophy was first brought to bear actively and effectively upon it . The method of this study Anglican scholars have learned from German teachers , and , from the natural ...
George Perkins Marsh. generation since sound linguistic philosophy was first brought to bear actively and effectively upon it . The method of this study Anglican scholars have learned from German teachers , and , from the natural ...
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... sound linguistic learning , this train of remark is certainly superfluous ; but when we find , in a dictionary which popular favour has carried through seven editions , such astonishing absurdities as the Portuguese etymologies of ...
... sound linguistic learning , this train of remark is certainly superfluous ; but when we find , in a dictionary which popular favour has carried through seven editions , such astonishing absurdities as the Portuguese etymologies of ...
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... sound of the words , is a matter of little importance in the view I am now taking of the subject , but were it of ... sounds in those languages in some measure to the influ- ence of classical Latin and the Romance dialects , just as the ...
... sound of the words , is a matter of little importance in the view I am now taking of the subject , but were it of ... sounds in those languages in some measure to the influ- ence of classical Latin and the Romance dialects , just as the ...
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Page 1 - Origin and History of the English Language, and of the early literature it embodies. By the Hon. George P. Marsh. US Minister at Turin, Author of " Lectures on the English Language.
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