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" The Sanscrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than the 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,... "
The Works of Sir William Jones: With the Life of the Author - Page 34
by John Shore Baron Teignmouth - 1807
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The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 69; Volume 1790

Tobias Smollett - Books - 1790 - 754 pages
...beautiful language, * more copious than the Greek, more perfefl than the Latin, more exquiiitely refined than either, yet bearing to both of them a ftronger affinity, both in the roats of verbs, and in the forms of giammar, than could poilibly have been produced by accident.' The...
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Indian Antiquities: Or, Dissertations, Relative to the Ancient Geographical ...

Thomas Maurice - Coins, Ancient - 1800 - 492 pages
...exquifitely refined than either, yet bearing to each of them a ftronger affinity, both in the jroots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could poffibly...been produced by accident ; fo ftrong indeed, that no philoioger could examine them all three without be.lieving them to have fprung from fome common fburce,...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 51

1830 - 622 pages
...more exquisitely refined than « either, yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both ia ' the roots of verbs, and in the forms of grammar, than could ' possibly have been produced by accident ; so strong, indeed, ' that no philosopher could examine...
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Indian Antiquities: Or, Dissertations, Relative to the Ancient ..., Volume 7

Thomas Maurice - India - 1806 - 402 pages
...copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either, yet bearing to each of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly have * See Analysis of Ancient Mythology, yol. iii. p. 30. been produced by accident; so strong...
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The poems of Ossian, in the orig. Gaelic, with a tr. into Lat. by ..., Volume 3

Ossian - 1807 - 596 pages
...more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either; yet bearing to both 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 all...
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The British Encyclopedia, Or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ..., Volume 1

William Nicholson - Natural history - 1809 - 716 pages
...Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more refined i iun either, yet bearing to both a .stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs, and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accident. Of their philosophy it has been observed, that in the more...
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The Classical Journal, Volume 4

Classical philology - 1811 - 560 pages
...the Calcutta edition, vol. ip 422.] ' Now the Sanscrit bears to the Greek and the Latin a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could have been produced by accident; so strong that no philologer could examine all the three, without believing...
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The Youth's Companion: Or An Historical Dictionary; Consisting of Articles ...

Ezra Sampson - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1813 - 434 pages
...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, that no philologer could examine them...
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The Youth's Companion, Or, An Historical Dictionary: Consisting of Articles ...

Ezra Sampson - Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 432 pages
...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, that no philologer could examine them...
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Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc ..., Volume 1

Quintin Craufurd - India - 1817 - 758 pages
...copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either, yet bearing to both of them a strong affinity both in the roots of verbs, and in the forms of grammar." — In his preface to the translation of the Sanscrit drama, named Sacontala, or the Fatal Ring, by...
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