Transactions of the Second Session of the International Congress of Orientalists: Held in London in September, 1874Sir Robert Kennaway Douglas Trübner & Company, 1876 - 456 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 47
Page 5
... late years , and many schemes have been proposed . In some instances , the learned societies and scientific journals have insisted on the adoption of particular systems for papers admitted into their pages . There are many members ...
... late years , and many schemes have been proposed . In some instances , the learned societies and scientific journals have insisted on the adoption of particular systems for papers admitted into their pages . There are many members ...
Page 12
... late Sir C. Fellowes first brought to England trustworthy copies of Lycian inscriptions . Several of these were bilingual , and the language has been supposed to re- semble the Zend ; but the interpretation has been suspended , and ...
... late Sir C. Fellowes first brought to England trustworthy copies of Lycian inscriptions . Several of these were bilingual , and the language has been supposed to re- semble the Zend ; but the interpretation has been suspended , and ...
Page 14
... late Vicomte de Rougé , and M. Maspero , in France ; and Mr. C. W. Goodwin and M. Le Page Renouf , in this country . But it is in Berlin alone that a journal specially devoted to Egyptology appeals to us as the recognized organ of ...
... late Vicomte de Rougé , and M. Maspero , in France ; and Mr. C. W. Goodwin and M. Le Page Renouf , in this country . But it is in Berlin alone that a journal specially devoted to Egyptology appeals to us as the recognized organ of ...
Page 15
... late years at Jerusalem and in Arabia . With the increased value placed on works of ancient art , the atten- tion of forgers has been directed to the production of spurious monu- ments . Some of these are too gross to effect the ...
... late years at Jerusalem and in Arabia . With the increased value placed on works of ancient art , the atten- tion of forgers has been directed to the production of spurious monu- ments . Some of these are too gross to effect the ...
Page 20
... late Sir George Cornewall Lewis , calmly asserted the superiority and sufficiency of Greek tradition , and treated our endeavours to set up a rival school of historical criticism , derived from a barbarian source , almost with contempt ...
... late Sir George Cornewall Lewis , calmly asserted the superiority and sufficiency of Greek tradition , and treated our endeavours to set up a rival school of historical criticism , derived from a barbarian source , almost with contempt ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Accadian ancient antiquity archæology Aryan Assyrian Bengal Bhikshus Bodhisatwa Bouddhisme Brahmans Buddha Buddhist called cave century character Chinese chinois cloth College Commentary compared Congress Crown 8vo Cuneiform d'une Demy 8vo dialects DICTIONARY dynasty East Edited Egypt Egyptian Elamite English ethnology Etruscan existence expression F. J. FURNIVALL fait Finnish Gautamiputra Glossary GRAMMAR Greek Hebrew Hindu Hungarian hymns India inscriptions Kâlidâsa King Kumârasambhava language late linguistic literature LL.D Max Müller means Median mesure missionaries monuments Nirvâna Oppert Oriental Orientalists origin Ostiak papyrus passage peuples Ph.D phonetic poems Prakrit present Prof Professor proverbs race Ragh Raghuvamsa Ramses religion Royal Asiatic Society Sâma Sanskrit scholars Section Semitic sewed suffix Sukot Susian Sûtra Tarom tchi texts tion town translation Turanian Veda Vedic verb viii Vogul vowels words
Popular passages
Page 26 - VEDA : containing the Earliest Speculations of the Brahmans on the meaning of the Sacrificial Prayers, and on the Origin, Performance, and Sense of the Rites of the Vedic Religion.
Page 33 - NEWMAN. — A HANDBOOK OF MODERN ARABIC, consisting of a Practical Grammar, with numerous Examples, Dialogues, and Newspaper Extracts, in European Type.
Page 19 - William and the Werwolf). Translated from the French at the command of Sir Humphrey de Bohun, about AD 1350, to which is added a fragment of the Alliterative Romance of Alisaunder, translated from the Latin by the same author, about AD 1340 ; the former re-edited from the unique MR.
Page 39 - English power, until we are prepared to read of its final overthrow. 23. THE ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE, ACCORDING TO THE SEVERAL ORIGINAL AUTHORITIES. Vol. I., Original Texts. Vol. II., Translation. Edited and translated by BENJAMIN THORPE, Esq., Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Munich, and of the Society of Netherlandish Literature at Leyden. 1861. This Chronicle, extending...
Page 41 - IV. and V. ESSAYS ANALYTICAL, CRITICAL, AND PHILOLOGICAL, ON SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH SANSKRIT LITERATURE. Collected and Edited by Dr. REINHOLD ROST. 3 vols.
Page 435 - THE UNIVERSAL CHARACTER; By which all the Nations in the World may understand one anothers Conceptions, reading out of one Common Writing their own Mother Tongues.
Page 9 - PATRONYMICUS ; or, the Etymology of Curious Surnames. By RICHARD STEPHEN CHARNOCK, Ph.D., FSA, FRGS Crown 8vo.. pp. 182, cloth. 7s.
Page 42 - VOCABULARIES, illustrating the Condition and Manners of our Forefathers, as well as the History of the forms of Elementary Education, and of the Languages Spoken in this Island from the Tenth Century to the Fifteenth.
Page 6 - THE LIFE OR LEGEND OF GAUDAMA, THE BUDDHA OF THE BURMESE. With Annotations. The Ways to Neibban, and Notice on the Phongyies or Burmese Monks. BY THE RIGHT REV.