Transactions of the Second Session of the International Congress of Orientalists: Held in London in September, 1874Robert K. Douglas Trübner, 1876 - 456 pages |
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... fact , the number is an universal medium of mari- time communication . A flag with a few numbers asks a question ; another with fewer or more gives the answer . Now , this device contains the elements of an universal language , limited ...
... fact , the number is an universal medium of mari- time communication . A flag with a few numbers asks a question ; another with fewer or more gives the answer . Now , this device contains the elements of an universal language , limited ...
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... fact of another language called the Accadian or Sumirian , extinct like the Assyrian , but not easily referable to a particular stem , although supposed to be of the Turanian stock , is an unexpected addition to the knowledge of the ...
... fact of another language called the Accadian or Sumirian , extinct like the Assyrian , but not easily referable to a particular stem , although supposed to be of the Turanian stock , is an unexpected addition to the knowledge of the ...
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... fact of its interesting peculiarities of language and writing , notwith- standing the impress it has received from the Chinese script and literature . The comparison of its language with others of the Turanian family deserves great ...
... fact of its interesting peculiarities of language and writing , notwith- standing the impress it has received from the Chinese script and literature . The comparison of its language with others of the Turanian family deserves great ...
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... fact , a knowledge of ethnology is essential to the study of archæology , just as in the natural sciences the intimate acquaintance with living species , fauna , and flora is essential to the due comprehension of extinct races of ...
... fact , a knowledge of ethnology is essential to the study of archæology , just as in the natural sciences the intimate acquaintance with living species , fauna , and flora is essential to the due comprehension of extinct races of ...
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... facts they present to him . If this is not desired , it were better not to transliterate ; for they can hardly decline ... fact , the mass of unquestionably ascertained Assyrian words and forms is so large , that there is ample material ...
... facts they present to him . If this is not desired , it were better not to transliterate ; for they can hardly decline ... fact , the mass of unquestionably ascertained Assyrian words and forms is so large , that there is ample material ...
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