 The Sanskrit 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...  Life in India - Page 29by Caleb Wright - 1854 - 304 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Michael J. Franklin - Deccan (India) - 2000 - 580 pages
...has prevailed in it. The Sarfcrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful ftructure; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquifitely refined than either; yet bearing to both of them a Wronger affinity, both in the roots... | |
 | Aniket Jaaware - Linguistics in literature - 2001 - 576 pages
...Calcutta, in 1786: The Sanskrit language, whatever may be its antiquity, is of 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 and in the forms of grammar,... | |
 | Edwin Bryant - Electronic books - 2001 - 400 pages
...comparative philology: The Sanskrit language, whatever may 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 and in the forms of grammar,... | |
 | Li Jin, Mark Seielstad, Chunjie Xiao - History - 2001 - 196 pages
...splits among languages. "The Sanskrit 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 strong affinity, both in the roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar,... | |
 | Thomas Burrow - Foreign Language Study - 2001 - 486 pages
...the new discovery : ' The Sanscrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of 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 and the forms of grammar,... | |
 | Sylvain Auroux - Historical linguistics - 2001 - 934 pages
...Jones made in 1786: "The Sanskrit 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 and in the forms of grammar,... | |
 | Terry Crowley - Foreign Language Study - 2002 - 308 pages
...families back in l786: The Sanskrit 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 and in the forms of grammar,... | |
 | Jonathan D. Hill, Fernando Santos-Granero - Social Science - 2002 - 360 pages
...observation states that "The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity is of 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 and in the forms of grammar,... | |
 | Stuart Peterfreund - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 432 pages
...would have known 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 . . . than could possibly have been produced by accident."... | |
 | Kirsten Malmkjær - Foreign Language Study - 2002 - 696 pages
...(in Lehmann 1967: 15): The Sanskrit 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 and in the forms of grammar,... | |
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