...prima facie, this agrees very badly with Sir William Jones's elaborate eulogium, " that the Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful...than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more excellently refined than either." (Wilkins's Gramm. pages 36—39.) viII. The Sanskrit Pronouns are...

...with the two learned languages of Europe attested its superiority over both, for it is, as he said, " more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either." Its nouns, like the Greek, admit of three numbers (singular, dual, and plural), and of three genders...

...that language in the polished form in which Sir William Jones found it, when he declared it to be " of a wonderful structure, more perfect than the Greek,...Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either."* One only of the Vedas, the Sama Veda, has yet been translated into English. The translator, Dr. Stephenson,...

...by some reference to the language in which those books are written ; which has been pronounced to be "of a wonderful structure ; more perfect than the...than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either1." Sanscrit is still carefully cultivated; and, though it has long been a dead language, the...

...than three thousand years ; it is written in Sanscrit, a dead language of a " wonderful construction —more perfect than the Greek, more copious than...Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either." It is a portion of the Holy Vedas. In a peculiar tone of voice, he chants the sacred text, stopping...

...Colebrooke, Carey, and Wilkins, by their successive labours, disclosed the hidden stores of a language " more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either." But though these great pioneers had thus cleared the path, like the ascent to the temple of Virtue...

...Colebrooke, Carey, and Wilkins, by their successive labours, disclosed the bidden stores of a language " more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either." Bat though these great pioneers had thus cleared the path, like the ascent to the temple of Virtue...

...advocate of Sanscrit Literature, whose opinion of that language is given in his assertion that it was "more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more excellently refined than either," Professor Wilson and Dr. Milman have given various specimens of the...

...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...

...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...