| English literature - 1832 - 574 pages
...William Jones observes, " The Sanscrit language, whatever be its antiquity, Is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more excellently refined than either." M. Vou Hnmboldt speaks of It in terms more philosophical, but expresses... | |
| Gian Pietro Vieusseux - Periodicals - 1823 - 624 pages
...considerazioni . The samscrit language , whatever be its antiquitjr , dicono essi ,isofa wonderful structttre ; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the latin , and more exquisitely rejìned tham either. Ed i medesimi autori sono di parere con molta ragione, che tutte... | |
| Richard Carlile - Free thought - 1823 - 816 pages
...the-Asiatic Researches) " The Sanscrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of wonderful structure; it is more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either." These hints, which are intended to be continued, will serve to shew... | |
| Sir William Jones - 1824 - 336 pages
...prevailed in it. The Sanscrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wondei fill structure ; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refmed than either ; yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots... | |
| Thomas Paine - Rationalism - 1824 - 420 pages
...researches) ', The Sanscrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of wonderful structure ; it is more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either." These hints, which are intended to be continued, will serve to show... | |
| Dugald Stewart - Logic - 1827 - 414 pages
...XIII. p. 369. " Whatever be its antiquity, (says Sir William Jones) it 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... | |
| British - 1827 - 576 pages
...William JONES — " that the Sanscrit Language,, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure ; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more refined than either,"* be disproved ; and it be satisfactorily shewn that the date of the earliest... | |
| Vans Kennedy - Asia - 1828 - 348 pages
...justice observed that " 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... | |
| 1829 - 538 pages
...Sir Wm. Jones, third discourse on the Hindus) 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... | |
| Charles Coleman - Asia - 1832 - 514 pages
...merely, but our souls and) our intellects." Their ancient language, the Sanscrit, is described as being more perfect than the Greek, — more copious than the Latin, — and more exquisitely refined than either. It has been urged against them, by some most respectable authors,... | |
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