 | Peter Schmitter - Comparative linguistics - 1996 - 510 pages
...indeed, that no philologer could examine them ail three, without believing them to hâve sprung from some common source, which, perhaps, no longer exists: there...though not quite so forcible, for supposing that both thé Gothic and thé Celtic, though blended with a very différent idiom, had thé same origin with... | |
 | Burton Feldman, Robert D. Richardson - Literary Criticism - 1972 - 598 pages
...the three without believing them to have sprung from some common 265 Sir William Jones [1746-1794] source which, perhaps, no longer exists. There is...different idiom, had the same origin with the Sanskrit. This brilliant perception has been claimed as the starting point of modern comparative philology and... | |
 | Eliot Weinberger - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2000 - 212 pages
...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...not quite so forcible, for supposing that both the Gothick and the Celtick, though blended with a very different idiom, had the same origin with the Sanscrit;... | |
 | Li Jin, Mark Seielstad, Chunjie Xiao - History - 2001 - 196 pages
...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...not quite so forcible, for supposing that both the Gothick and the Celtick, though blended with a very different idiom, had the same origin with the Sanskrit;... | |
 | Thomas Burrow - Foreign Language Study - 2001 - 486 pages
...indeed that no philologer could examine them at all without believing them to have sprung from some common source, which perhaps no longer exists. There...not quite so forcible, for supposing that both the Gothick and the Celtick, though blended with a different idiom, had the same origin with the Sanscrit... | |
 | Edwin Bryant - Electronic books - 2001 - 400 pages
...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...not quite so forcible, for supposing that both the Gothick and the Celtick, though blended with a very different idiom, had the same origin with the Sanskrit;... | |
 | Jonathan D. Hill, Fernando Santos-Granero - Social Science - 2002 - 360 pages
...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...both the Gothic and the Celtic, though blended with a very different idiom, had the same origin with Sanskrit; and the old Persian might be added to the... | |
 | Kirsten Malmkjær - Foreign Language Study - 2002 - 696 pages
...believing them to have sprung from some common source which, perhaps, no longer exists: there is a reason, though not quite so forcible, for supposing...both the Gothic and the Celtic, though blended with a very different idiom, had the same origin with the Sanskrit; and the Old Persian might be added to... | |
 | Jonathan M. Hall - History - 2002 - 354 pages
...exists. There is a similar reason, though not quite so forcible, for supposing that both the Gothic and Celtic, though blended with a different idiom, had the same origin with the Sanskrit; and the old Persian might be added to the same family. (1807: 24) Important as Jones' pronouncement... | |
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... 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, that no philologer could examine them... 
