..."This language," observes Sir W. Jones, " 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,...

...understanding, and unveil the real origin, character, and meaning. Already Sir W. Jones thought the Sanscrit more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either. Mr. Brian Hodgson, a competent and impartial judge, called it a speech capable of giving a soul to...

...Jones's enraptured mind thus embodied its impressions : " It is a language of wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either." Talboys applies to Sanscrit the praise bestowed on Greek by Gibbon. " It is," says he, " a musical...

...historical record."2 " 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,3 yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both from both those tongues, as Arabic religion...

...historical record."2 " 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,3 yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both from both those tongues, as Arabic religion...

...voluminous, and has been handed down from generation to generation for more than three thousand years ; it is written in Sanscrit, a dead language of a "...stopping at the end of each stanza to translate and uxplain. His hearers listen attentively to the exciting narrative, now convulsed with laughter at some...

...appellation " completely formed." Sir "William Jones says, " The Sanscrit language is 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,...

...languages. — Schlegel's Philosophy of History. The Sanscrit Language is a most 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,...

...a highly polished language. Sir William Jones says : — " It is a language of wonderful structure, more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either." Halhed says : — "As a language it is very copious and nervous, and far exceeds the Greek and Arabic...

...a highly polished language. Sir William Jones says : — " It is a language of wonderful structure, more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either." Halhed says : — "As a language it is very copious and nervous, and far exceeds the Greek and Arabic...