Miscellaneous Essays Relating to Indian Subjects, Volume 2Trübner & Company, 1880 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 56
Page 3
... whilst , with regard to prima facia improbabilities , much greater ones once encompassed the now admitted fact that Hindús , Persians , Germans , English , Irish , Russians , are mem- bers of one family , viz . , the Iranian , than can ...
... whilst , with regard to prima facia improbabilities , much greater ones once encompassed the now admitted fact that Hindús , Persians , Germans , English , Irish , Russians , are mem- bers of one family , viz . , the Iranian , than can ...
Page 4
... whilst adducing a copious vocabulary which makes against , and a curt survey of the mechanism of language which ( we will allow ) makes for , his assertion , he proceeds to lay down the doctrine that the former medium of proof is worthy ...
... whilst adducing a copious vocabulary which makes against , and a curt survey of the mechanism of language which ( we will allow ) makes for , his assertion , he proceeds to lay down the doctrine that the former medium of proof is worthy ...
Page 29
... whilst the varying degrees and shades of devia- tion are a clue to the root or basis.t 2d . The other remark suggested by the comparison of the vocabularies is , that it is the nouns and verbs , and not the pronouns and numerals , which ...
... whilst the varying degrees and shades of devia- tion are a clue to the root or basis.t 2d . The other remark suggested by the comparison of the vocabularies is , that it is the nouns and verbs , and not the pronouns and numerals , which ...
Page 41
... whilst the Kambojian Kyo or Gyo reappears in the Kho of the Koladyne river , and in the " Moitay " of Manipúr we have the combined appel- lations of the Siamese Tai and the Kochin Chinese " Moy . " In other words , the Manipurian tribe ...
... whilst the Kambojian Kyo or Gyo reappears in the Kho of the Koladyne river , and in the " Moitay " of Manipúr we have the combined appel- lations of the Siamese Tai and the Kochin Chinese " Moy . " In other words , the Manipurian tribe ...
Page 53
... whilst Bopp's somewhat strained exposition of the Arian characteristics of the Irôn ( as of the Malayo- Polynesian ) provokes a doubt even as to them , despite the " Edinburgh Review . " It is the fashion of the age to stickle ...
... whilst Bopp's somewhat strained exposition of the Arian characteristics of the Irôn ( as of the Malayo- Polynesian ) provokes a doubt even as to them , despite the " Edinburgh Review . " It is the fashion of the age to stickle ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
affinities Arian Arún Asiatic Society Badaga Bengal Bhotia bicháris Bódó Brahman Burmese caret Caucasian Chinese Circassian cloth College court Crown 8vo Demy 8vo Dhimáli Dialect DICTIONARY dit'ha East English European F. J. FURNIVALL father Gáró Georgian Glossary GRAMMAR Gyárúng half a kós Hensleigh Wedgwood Himalaya Himálayan Hindú India Kámi Káthmándú khá Khas Khóla Khyeng Kiránti knowledge Kurumba language latter Lepcha Lhópa literature LL.D Magar means Mingrelian Mongolian moral Mrú Múrmi Nágá nameless spot native Népál Newári Néwárs Notes nouns numerous Osetic paper Parbattias particle plates plural prefix Professor pronouns QUESTION reference remarks river root Royal Asiatic Society Sák Sanskrit Second Edition servile sewed Singpho suffix Sún Cósi T. W. RHYS DAVIDS Takpa Telugu Text Thence thou Tibet Tibetan tion tongues Translated tribes Turánian verbs vernacular viii village vocables vocabularies vowel W. W. SKEAT whilst words
Popular passages
Page 30 - THE SACRED HYMNS OF THE BRAHMINS, as preserved to us in the oldest collection of religious poetry, the Rig-Veda-Sanhita. Translated and explained, by F. Max Muller, M. A . , Fellow of All Souls' College, Professor of Comparative Philology at Oxford, Foreign Member of the Institute of France, &c.
Page 34 - The volume for 1868-9—1. Ellis's (AJ) Only English Proclamation of Henry III. in Oct. 1268; to which are added "The Cuckoo's Song and "The Prisoner's Prayer," Lyrics of the XIII. Century, with Glossary; and 2. Stokes's (Whitley) Cornish Glossary. That for 1870-2—1. Murray's (Jas. AH) Dialect of the Southern Counties of Scotland, with a linguistical map. That for 1873-4— Sweet's (H.) History of English Sounds.
Page 11 - Romance of Alisaunder, translated from the Latin by the same author, about AD 1340 ; the former re-edited from the unique MS. in the Library of King's College, Cambridge, the latter now first edited from the unique MS. in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
Page 48 - THE CELT, THE ROMAN, AND THE SAXON; a History of the Early Inhabitants of Britain down to the Conversion of the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity. Illustrated by the Ancient Remains brought to light by Recent Research. By Thomas Wright, MA, FSA, &c., &c.
Page 30 - Vol. I. Mythical and Legendary Accounts of the Origin of Caste, with an Inquiry Into its existence in the Vedic Age. Second Edition, re-written and greatly enlarged. 8vo. pp. xx. 532, cloth. 1868. 21».
Page 43 - TIELE, Dr. Theol., Professor of the History of Religions in the University of Leiden. Translated from the Dutch by J. ESTLIN CARPENTER, MA...
Page 18 - A DICTIONARY, SANSKRIT AND ENGLISH, extended and improved from the Second Edition of the Dictionary of Professor HH WILSON, with his sanction and concurrence. Together with a Supplement, Grammatical Appendices, and an Index, serving as a Sanskrit- English Vocabulary.
Page 33 - FOLIO MANUSCRIPTS — BALLADS AND ROMANCES. Edited by John W. Hales, MA, Fellow and late Assistant Tutor of Christ's College, Cambridge; and Frederick J. Furnivall, MA, of Trinity Hall, Cambridge ; assisted by Professor Child, of Harvard University, Cambridge, USA, W.
Page 28 - Misra. — A TRILINGUAL DICTIONARY, being a comprehensive Lexicon in English, Urdu, and Hindi, exhibiting the Syllabication, Pronunciation, and Etymology of English Words, with their Explanation in English, and in Urdu and Hindi in the Roman Character. By MATHURÁPRASADA MISRA, Second Master, Queen's College, Benares. 8vo. pp. xv. and 1330, cloth. Benares, 1865. £2 2».
Page 42 - TECHNOLOGICAL DICTIONARY of the Terms employed in the Arts and Sciences ; Architecture, Civil, Military, and Naval ; Civil Engineering, including Bridge Building, Road and Railway Making ; Mechanics ; Machine and Engine Making ; Shipbuilding and Navigation; Metallurgy, Mining and Smelting; Artillery; Mathematics; Physics; Chemistry; Mineralogy, &c. With a Preface by Dr. K.