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Page 68
... horse . In naming the horse , the quality that struck the mind of the Aryan man as the most prominent was its swiftness . Hence from the root as , to be sharp or swift ( which we have in Latin acus , needle , and in the French 16 This ...
... horse . In naming the horse , the quality that struck the mind of the Aryan man as the most prominent was its swiftness . Hence from the root as , to be sharp or swift ( which we have in Latin acus , needle , and in the French 16 This ...
Page 69
... horse besides the one here mentioned ; but , whatever name was given , it could only be formed by laying hold of the horse by means of some general quality , and by thus arranging the horse , together with other objects , under some ...
... horse besides the one here mentioned ; but , whatever name was given , it could only be formed by laying hold of the horse by means of some general quality , and by thus arranging the horse , together with other objects , under some ...
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... horse.22 Viande , originally vivenda , 23 the English viands , that on which one lives , came to mean meat . Frumentum , lit. what serves for food , from frui , means in Latin corn in general ; froment in French is wheat . Jumentum in ...
... horse.22 Viande , originally vivenda , 23 the English viands , that on which one lives , came to mean meat . Frumentum , lit. what serves for food , from frui , means in Latin corn in general ; froment in French is wheat . Jumentum in ...
Page 122
... horse . In the formation of certain letters a horizontal narrow fissure may be produced by de- pressing the epiglottis over the vertical false and true vocal chords . Within the larynx ( 4 ) , rather above its middle , between the ...
... horse . In the formation of certain letters a horizontal narrow fissure may be produced by de- pressing the epiglottis over the vertical false and true vocal chords . Within the larynx ( 4 ) , rather above its middle , between the ...
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... horses . They speak of a steel pen and a pen - holder , because they had before spoken of a pen , penna . When hawks were supplanted by fire - arms , the names of the birds of prey , formerly used in hawking , were transferred to the ...
... horses . They speak of a steel pen and a pen - holder , because they had before spoken of a pen , penna . When hawks were supplanted by fire - arms , the names of the birds of prey , formerly used in hawking , were transferred to the ...
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