 | Samuel Miller - 1805 - 432 pages
...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. Thera is similar reason, though not quite so forcible, for supposing that both the Gothic and the Celtic,... | |
 | 1819 - 496 pages
...have originated in India, and in his third anniversary discourse declares, respecting the languages, " that no philologer could examine them all three, without...some common source, which perhaps no longer exists." The Sanskrita was most probably the more ancient of the three, and as the Latin is but the ^Eolic dialect... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - 1813 - 434 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1827 - 414 pages
...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... | |
 | Vans Kennedy - 1828 - 386 pages
...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...common source, which, perhaps, no longer exists." * It is, therefore, the structure of Sanscrit which so peculiarly distinguishes it from other languages,... | |
 | 1828 - 602 pages
...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... | |
 | James Forbes - 1834 - 712 pages
...than the BANKS OF THE NERBUDDA. 99 Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either ; yet bearing to both of them a stronger...some common source, which perhaps no longer exists." Those towns on the banks of the Nerbudda, so famous for Brahmin seminaries, contain numerous schools... | |
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Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either, yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accident; so strong indeed, that no philologer could examine... 
