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... was raven- ously hungry . " V. EVOLUTION Displays the growth of words by agglutinization . The root , like the seed , is sown , and in centuries the beau- tiful flowers of words have reached an exquisite ma- turity EVOLUTION . 9.
... was raven- ously hungry . " V. EVOLUTION Displays the growth of words by agglutinization . The root , like the seed , is sown , and in centuries the beau- tiful flowers of words have reached an exquisite ma- turity EVOLUTION . 9.
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... centuries these rich mines of old lore lay unap- proachable to modern learning . The history of the past was written on the door - ways of houses , the walls of temples , the tombs of princes , on the scrolls at the feet of mummies ...
... centuries these rich mines of old lore lay unap- proachable to modern learning . The history of the past was written on the door - ways of houses , the walls of temples , the tombs of princes , on the scrolls at the feet of mummies ...
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Bernard Bigsby. and were jealously guarded by the Brahminical priests , who , for centuries , were successful in keeping their mysteries sealed from the gaze of the curious . Akbar , three hundred years ago , offered vast bribes to be ...
Bernard Bigsby. and were jealously guarded by the Brahminical priests , who , for centuries , were successful in keeping their mysteries sealed from the gaze of the curious . Akbar , three hundred years ago , offered vast bribes to be ...
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... , of Iran ) , and of Ireland , the sons of Erin ( Iran ) . * Sanskrit etymology will be especially treated in the SECOND LES- SONS IN PHILOLOGY . About the middle of the last century , Anquetil du THE ARYAN TONGUES . 31.
... , of Iran ) , and of Ireland , the sons of Erin ( Iran ) . * Sanskrit etymology will be especially treated in the SECOND LES- SONS IN PHILOLOGY . About the middle of the last century , Anquetil du THE ARYAN TONGUES . 31.
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Bernard Bigsby. About the middle of the last century , Anquetil du Perron discovered The Living Book , or the Zend- Avesta , which has been the chart of our philological research in the Iranian dialects . Nor must we neglect to mention ...
Bernard Bigsby. About the middle of the last century , Anquetil du Perron discovered The Living Book , or the Zend- Avesta , which has been the chart of our philological research in the Iranian dialects . Nor must we neglect to mention ...
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agglutinate Anglo-Saxon Arabic Aryan beauty beorht bith Cæsar called century Cheviot Hills Christian Names Compare Heb Compare Lat cover creep daug DECLENSION defense denarius derived dominion Eagan Eagum Egyptian England English lan English language eyes frede French Georgian era German give Gode Godum Goth Gothic Greek GRIMM'S LAW guage hear heaven Hebrew Henry hound Hund Hundas hundred Indef Indian inhabitants John Julius Cæsar Keltic Kelts king land Latin living Low Germanic Max Müller miller moar MODERN VERSION Naman Neriadh noble Norman one's onomatopoetic peace Pelasgic Perf persevere persevered person philologist plow PLURAL poet Preterite priest race rich Roman root Sanskrit Sanskrit language Saxon scholars Shakespeare SINGULAR Slavic sound speech spoken Spræca SUBJUNCTIVE Talmud Teutonic thousand thrown town clock traho translation see Appendix tribes Tungan Vedas vulgar tongue Waeron weight William words
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Page 95 - Her finger was so small, the ring Would not stay on, which they did bring, It was too wide a peck; And to say truth (for out it must) It looked like the great collar (.just) About our young colt's neck. Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, As if they feared the light.
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