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... means captiously made . some sifting of the evidence adduced is surely indispensable when a question of delicacy and difficulty is ( I must think ) prejudged upon such grounds . Mr. Robinson is possibly not aware how much of the ...
... means captiously made . some sifting of the evidence adduced is surely indispensable when a question of delicacy and difficulty is ( I must think ) prejudged upon such grounds . Mr. Robinson is possibly not aware how much of the ...
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... means ; for one of the highest of living authorities on ethnology and glottology , and one , too , who insists almost too much upon the mechanism of language , † declares that " the chance is less than one in a million for the same ...
... means ; for one of the highest of living authorities on ethnology and glottology , and one , too , who insists almost too much upon the mechanism of language , † declares that " the chance is less than one in a million for the same ...
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... means of testing those which are unknown , and of thus approximating to a just appreciation of the interminable varieties of speech that characterise the enormously - extended family of the Mongolidæ . I am indebted for these ...
... means of testing those which are unknown , and of thus approximating to a just appreciation of the interminable varieties of speech that characterise the enormously - extended family of the Mongolidæ . I am indebted for these ...
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... means craftsman . ) Moon . - Lá - va in Bhotia , Lhópa , Lepcha , & c . , & c . Lá in Burmese and Khyeng , Pú - lá in Mrú . Mountain . - Gún in Newári . Ta - kún in Kámi , Name . - Ming in Bhotia and Lhópa and Limbú and Múrmi , Náng in ...
... means craftsman . ) Moon . - Lá - va in Bhotia , Lhópa , Lepcha , & c . , & c . Lá in Burmese and Khyeng , Pú - lá in Mrú . Mountain . - Gún in Newári . Ta - kún in Kámi , Name . - Ming in Bhotia and Lhópa and Limbú and Múrmi , Náng in ...
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... minor distinctions of race , showing that these distinctions are by no means inconsistent with the common lineage and family relationship now exhibited . VOL . IL с sá , or qwá - i | to - li ON THE INDO - CHINESE bordererS . 33.
... minor distinctions of race , showing that these distinctions are by no means inconsistent with the common lineage and family relationship now exhibited . VOL . IL с sá , or qwá - i | to - li ON THE INDO - CHINESE bordererS . 33.
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