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... meant originally the wind from the mountains , and more particularly from the Rhipæan mountains . ( See Preller , Griechische Mythologie , i . 157. ) Boros , from which Boreas , is another form of oros , mountain , both derived from the ...
... meant originally the wind from the mountains , and more particularly from the Rhipæan mountains . ( See Preller , Griechische Mythologie , i . 157. ) Boros , from which Boreas , is another form of oros , mountain , both derived from the ...
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... raisonné of human knowledge . A careful consideration of his work will show us why this language , which was meant to be permanent , 7 ' Page 21 . unchangeable , and universal , would , on the contrary BISHOP WILKINS . 53.
... raisonné of human knowledge . A careful consideration of his work will show us why this language , which was meant to be permanent , 7 ' Page 21 . unchangeable , and universal , would , on the contrary BISHOP WILKINS . 53.
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... meant originally , like the English tale , or the German Zahl , ' * gathering ; for reason , though it penetrates into the depths of the sea and earth , elevates our thoughts as 10 Cf. Farrar , p . 125 ; Heyse , p . 41 . 11 Οd . xiv ...
... meant originally , like the English tale , or the German Zahl , ' * gathering ; for reason , though it penetrates into the depths of the sea and earth , elevates our thoughts as 10 Cf. Farrar , p . 125 ; Heyse , p . 41 . 11 Οd . xiv ...
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... meant no more than things walking forward , became in time the name of cattle , and par- ticularly of sheep . In Sanskrit , sarit , meaning goer , from sar , to go , became the name of river ; sara , meaning the same , what runs or goes ...
... meant no more than things walking forward , became in time the name of cattle , and par- ticularly of sheep . In Sanskrit , sarit , meaning goer , from sar , to go , became the name of river ; sara , meaning the same , what runs or goes ...
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... meant to indicate certain phonetic changes that take place if a root ends in a nasal ( vi . 4 , 41 ) ; and that the vowel i serves merely to connect these two algebraic symbols . So that the suffix vit is in reality nought . This is ...
... meant to indicate certain phonetic changes that take place if a root ends in a nasal ( vi . 4 , 41 ) ; and that the vowel i serves merely to connect these two algebraic symbols . So that the suffix vit is in reality nought . This is ...
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