Introduction to the Science of Language, Volume 1K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1900 |
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Pagina 221 - dire. Gorgons and winged steeds flow in apace, and numberless other inconceivable and impossible monstrosities and marvels of nature. And if he is sceptical about them, and would fain reduce them all to the rules of probability, this sort of crude philosophy will take up all his time.
Pagina 6 - no words representing abstract ideas; for each variety of gum-tree and wattle-tree, &c. &c., they had a name, but they had no equivalent for the expression 'a tree;' neither could they express abstract qualities, such as hard, soft, warm, cold, long, short, round.
Pagina 6 - &c. &c., they had a name, but they had no equivalent for the expression 'a tree;' neither could they express abstract qualities, such as hard, soft, warm, cold, long, short, round.
Pagina 220 - For no thought of man made Gods to love or honour Ere the song within the silent soul began, Nor might earth in dream or deed take heaven upon her Till the word was clothed with speech by lips of man.
Pagina 5 - IndoEuropean language, with all its fulness and inflective suppleness, is descended from an original monosyllabic tongue ; our ancestors talked with one another in single syllables, indicative of the ideas of prime importance, but wanting all designation of their relations.
Pagina 237 - Merian in 1642 describes it as "situated in a secluded spot, deep and fearful, surrounded by dark woods, and enclosed to prevent the approach of man; its colour is black, it is always calm, and its surface is undisturbed by the wind." It is remarkable that a French range of hills in the neighbourhood of
Pagina 237 - bears the same name as the Swiss mountain, and from the same cause. Vienne, however, was actually the place to which Pilate was banished; and the accidental coincidence is a striking example of the impossibility of our discovering historic truth in a myth, although we may know from other sources that it has accidentally
Pagina 235 - Save me from the lion's mouth : for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns
Pagina 282 - lives in continual apprehension of the unkind attacks of spirits, and to avert them has recourse to charms, to the fantastic ceremonies of his priest, or the powerful influence of his manitous. Fear has of course a greater share in his devotions than gratitude, and he pays more attention to deprecating the wrath of the evil, than securing the favour of the good beings.
Pagina 286 - are necessarily suggested by nature: the variety of nature overpowers in an infantile state of society the unity for which the mind of man is ever yearning. Gradually, however, the attributes applied to the objects and powers of nature take the place of the latter; the sun becomes Apollo, the storm