American Quarterly Review, Issues 39-40Carey, Lea & Carey, 1836 - Serial publications |
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... . 3. The rite of circumcision , which is considered to be indisputably Asiatic , is practised in several of the groups of VOL . XX.-No. 39 . 3 islands , as the Feejee , the Friendly , and 1836. ] 17 South Sea Islands .
... . 3. The rite of circumcision , which is considered to be indisputably Asiatic , is practised in several of the groups of VOL . XX.-No. 39 . 3 islands , as the Feejee , the Friendly , and 1836. ] 17 South Sea Islands .
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... considered as polysyllabic , or at at least that they cannot be reduced by ana- lysis to the class of monosyllabic languages ; whereas , on the contrary , the languages of the eastern Asiatics are admitted to be monosyllabic . If , then ...
... considered as polysyllabic , or at at least that they cannot be reduced by ana- lysis to the class of monosyllabic languages ; whereas , on the contrary , the languages of the eastern Asiatics are admitted to be monosyllabic . If , then ...
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... considered as having the same character ; and if this were indisputably the case , it would prove an insuperable objection to their having an affinity to the Chinese or other monosyllabic languages of Asia . But this general proposition ...
... considered as having the same character ; and if this were indisputably the case , it would prove an insuperable objection to their having an affinity to the Chinese or other monosyllabic languages of Asia . But this general proposition ...
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... considered . They are a most important medium , through which to examine the nice , distinctive shades of cha- racter , peculiar to an age or nation . For ourselves , were we to attempt a history of any particular period in the past ...
... considered . They are a most important medium , through which to examine the nice , distinctive shades of cha- racter , peculiar to an age or nation . For ourselves , were we to attempt a history of any particular period in the past ...
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... considered it a waste of time and talent to attempt to learn any theory from nature . But this state of things has passed away . The present fondness for the study of nature , is attended with an equal fondness for the study of ...
... considered it a waste of time and talent to attempt to learn any theory from nature . But this state of things has passed away . The present fondness for the study of nature , is attended with an equal fondness for the study of ...
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