 | Ezra Sampson - 1813 - 434 oldal
...possibly have been produced by accident ; so strong, indeed, that no philologer could examine them all, without believing them to have sprung from some common source, which, perhaps, no longer exists." SARACENS, a people celebrated some centuries ago, who came from the deserts of Arabia. They proceeded... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - 1816 - 432 oldal
...possibly have been produced by accident ; so strong, indeed, that no philologer could examine them all, without believing them to have sprung from some common source, which, perhaps, no longer exists." SARACENS, a people celebrated some centuries ago, who came from the desarts of Arabia. They proceeded... | |
 | Charles O'Conor - 1819 - 624 oldal
...of Mr. Halhead. " The Sanscrit language, whatever be its antiquity, bears to the Greek and Latin " a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs, and...have sprung from some common source, which, perhaps, DO " longer exists. There is a similar reason, though not quite so forcible, for supposing that both... | |
 | George Oliver - 1823 - 406 oldal
...Latin, and the Sanscrit languages," says Sir W. Jones, " bear so great a resemblance to each other, that no philologer could examine them all three without...some common source, which perhaps no longer exists."* * Asiat. Researches, vol. i. After the invention of letters, it would not be long before the difference... | |
 | Sir William Jones - 1824 - 336 oldal
...fill structure ; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refmed than either ; yet bearing to both of them a stronger...some common source, which, perhaps, no longer exists. There is a similar reason, though not quite so forcible, for supposing that both the Gothic and the... | |
 | Sir William Jones - 1824 - 356 oldal
...verbs, and in the forms of grammar, lhan could possibly have been produced by accident; so strung, indeed, that no philologer could examine them all...some common source, which, perhaps, no longer exists. There is a similar reason, though not quite so forcible, for supposing that both the Gothic and the... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1827 - 414 oldal
...grammar, than " could possibly have been produced by accident ; so strong, " indeed, that no philosopher could examine them all three, *' without believing...some common " source which perhaps no longer exists, "t The only possible supposition, I apprehend, on which all this can be explained, is, that Sanscrit... | |
 | 1828 - 602 oldal
...concord and government. No philologist acquainted with both languages, Sir W. Jones says, could help believing them ' to have sprung from ' some common source, which perhaps no longer exists.' It is not, however, in the language itself, so much as in the artificial forms and rules of its structure... | |
 | 1829 - 538 oldal
...their existence, but no more! The Sanscrit language (says Sir Wm. Jones, third discourse on the Hindus) whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure,...some common source, which perhaps no longer exists. There is a similar reason, though not quite so forcible, for supposing that both the Gothic and the... | |
 | 1829 - 536 oldal
...more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either, yet bearing to both of them n stronger affinity both in the roots of verbs, and...some common source, which perhaps no longer exists. There is a similar reason, though not quite so forcible, for supposing that both the Gothic and the... | |
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The Sanscrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either, yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs... 
