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Page 40
... fathers , our tutors , and our mothers speak . We read the letters of Cornelia , the mother of the Gracchi , and it is clear from them that her sons were brought up not in the lap , but , so to say , in the very breath and speech of ...
... fathers , our tutors , and our mothers speak . We read the letters of Cornelia , the mother of the Gracchi , and it is clear from them that her sons were brought up not in the lap , but , so to say , in the very breath and speech of ...
Page 41
... the stern and strict dialects , the Sanskrit , the Æolic , the Gadhelic , represent the idiom of the fathers and brothers , used at public assemblies ; while the soft 42 and simpler dialects , the Prâkrit , the Ionic UKUHLONIPA . 41.
... the stern and strict dialects , the Sanskrit , the Æolic , the Gadhelic , represent the idiom of the fathers and brothers , used at public assemblies ; while the soft 42 and simpler dialects , the Prâkrit , the Ionic UKUHLONIPA . 41.
Page 151
... father and farther , are scarcely distinguishable . ' Professor Helmholtz describes r and l as follows : - " In pronouncing the stream of air is periodically Universal Writing and Printing , by A. J. Ellis , B. A. , 1856 , p . 5 ...
... father and farther , are scarcely distinguishable . ' Professor Helmholtz describes r and l as follows : - " In pronouncing the stream of air is periodically Universal Writing and Printing , by A. J. Ellis , B. A. , 1856 , p . 5 ...
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... father and mother in all languages are derived from the first cry of recognition which an in- fant can articulate , and that it could at that early age articulate none but those formed by the mere opening or closing of the lips . It is ...
... father and mother in all languages are derived from the first cry of recognition which an in- fant can articulate , and that it could at that early age articulate none but those formed by the mere opening or closing of the lips . It is ...
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... father . 29 The English knot is the Old Norse knútr , the Latin nodus , which stands for gnodus . V. D , Sanskrit d ; Greek , Latin , Celtic , Slavonic d . T , Gothic t . TH , Old High - German z . ( 5. ) English two is Gothic tvai ...
... father . 29 The English knot is the Old Norse knútr , the Latin nodus , which stands for gnodus . V. D , Sanskrit d ; Greek , Latin , Celtic , Slavonic d . T , Gothic t . TH , Old High - German z . ( 5. ) English two is Gothic tvai ...
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