 ... Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either, yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity both in the roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accident; so strong indeed,...  On the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish - Page xlviby Eugene O'Curry - 1873 - 1103 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Miller - Art, Modern - 1805 - 432 pages
...possibly have been produced by accident; so strong, indeed, that no philologer could examine them all without believing them to have sprung from some common source, which, perhaps, no longer exists. Thera is similar reason, though not quite so forcible, for supposing that both the Gothic and the Celtic,... | |
 | Thomas Maurice - India - 1806 - 402 pages
...p. 30. been produced by accident; so strong indeed, that no philologer could examine them all three without believing them to have sprung from some common source, which, perhaps, no longer exists. There is a similar reason, though not quite so forcible, for supposing that both the Gothic and Celtic, though... | |
 | William Jones - 1807 - 534 pages
...have been produced by accident ; so strong indeed, that no philologer could examine them all three without believing them to have sprung from some common source, which perhaps no longer exists. There is a similar reason, though not quite so forcible, for supposing that both the Gothick and Celtick,.... | |
 | Classical philology - 1819 - 496 pages
...anniversary discourse declares, respecting the languages, " that no philologer could examine them all three, without believing them to have' sprung from some common source, which perhaps no longer exists." The Sanskrita was most probably the more ancient of the three, and as the Latin is but the ^Eolic dialect... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1813 - 434 pages
...possibly have been produced by accident ; so strong, indeed, that no philologer could examine them all, without believing them to have sprung from some common source, which, perhaps, no longer exists." SARACENS, a people celebrated some centuries ago, who came from the deserts of Arabia. They proceeded... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 432 pages
...possibly have been produced by accident ; so strong, indeed, that no philologer could examine them all, without believing them to have sprung from some common source, which, perhaps, no longer exists." SARACENS, a people celebrated some centuries ago, who came from the desarts of Arabia. They proceeded... | |
 | Charles O'Conor - Manuscripts - 1819 - 624 pages
...have been produced by accident ; so strong indeed, that no philologer could examine them all " three, without believing them to have sprung from some common source, which, perhaps, DO " longer exists. There is a similar reason, though not quite so forcible, for supposing that both... | |
 | George Oliver - Freemasonry - 1823 - 406 pages
...Jones, " bear so great a resemblance to each other, that no philologer could examine them all three without believing them to have sprung from some common source, which perhaps no longer exists."* * Asiat. Researches, vol. i. After the invention of letters, it would not be long before the difference... | |
 | Sir William Jones - Asia - 1824 - 356 pages
...have been produced by accident; so strung, indeed, that no philologer could examine them all three without believing them to have sprung from some common source, which, perhaps, no longer exists. There is a similar reason, though not quite so forcible, for supposing that both the Gothic and the < > 1tic,... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - Logic - 1827 - 414 pages
...been produced by accident ; so strong, " indeed, that no philosopher could examine them all three, *' without believing them to have sprung from some common " source which perhaps no longer exists, "t The only possible supposition, I apprehend, on which all this can be explained, is, that Sanscrit... | |
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