 | 1818 - 588 pages
...the Arahick, the Sanscrit, the Bengalee, &c. Of the Sanscrit, Sir Wm. Jones has said,* that " it is more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more excellently refined than either." The analogy which it bears to other languages is thus stated by that... | |
 | William Nicholson - Arts - 1819 - 432 pages
...may briefly notice the Sanscrit language, which, whatever may he its antiqinty, is of a very singular structure ; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more refined than either, yet bearing to both a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs, and in the... | |
 | English literature - 1832 - 574 pages
...millions by whom it is held in sacred veneration. Of the tongue itself, Sir William Jones observes, " The Sanscrit language, whatever be its antiquity,...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... | |
 | Rasmus Nyerup - Sanskrit philology - 1821 - 74 pages
...Calend, Febr. Anno MDCCCXXJ. С A PUT Grammaticœj Léxica 3 et Vocabulario., The sanscrit language is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek , more copious than the bating and more exqvisitely refined than either. The Works of W. Jones, edit, in 4to. 1799- "Vol. I.... | |
 | 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 that a society for enquiring into... | |
 | 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 le opinioni... | |
 | Sir William Jones - Asia - 1824 - 356 pages
...of country which has before been delineated, as long as the religion of Brahma has prevailed in it. The Sanscrit language, whatever be its antiquity,...copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined lhan either; yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs, and in the... | |
 | 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 that a society for enquiring into... | |
 | Sir William Jones - 1824 - 336 pages
...of Brahma has 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 of verbs, and... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - Logic - 1827 - 414 pages
...718. t Edinburgh Review, Vol. XIII. p. 369. " Whatever be its antiquity, (says Sir William Jones) it is " of a wonderful structure, more perfect than the...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, than " could... | |
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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... 
