 | Dugald Stewart - 1827 - 414 페이지
...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 Greek, more " copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than " either,* yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both " in the... | |
 | Vans Kennedy - 1828 - 348 페이지
...Sanscrit forms an insurmountable objection : for Sir W. Jones has with the greatest justice observed that " the Sanscrit language, whatever be its antiquity,...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 페이지
...their existence, but no more! The Sanscrit language (says Sir Wm. Jones, third discourse on the Hindus) whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure,...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... | |
 | Friedrich von Adelung - 1832 - 270 페이지
... i 2 V AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF SANSCRIT LITERATURE. THE SANSCRIT LANGUAGE, WHATEVER BE ITS ANTIQUITY,...THAN THE GREEK, MORE COPIOUS THAN THE LATIN, AND MORE EXCELLENTLY REFINED THAN EITHER. SIR WILLIAM JONES. HISTORICAL SKETCH OF SANSCRIT LITERATURE, WITH... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1832 - 574 페이지
...millions by whom it is held in sacred veneration. Of the tongue Itself, Sir William Jones observes, " The Sanscrit language, whatever be its antiquity,...wonderful structure ; more perfect than the Greek, mure copious than the Latin, and more excellently refined than either." if. Von Humboldt speaks of... | |
 | Charles Coleman - 1832 - 514 페이지
...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,... | |
 | James Forbes - 1834 - 578 페이지
...inexhaustible mine of Hindoo literature, art, and science; which, Sir William Jones says, is u 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... | |
 | William Balfour Winning - 1838 - 322 페이지
...Jones soon after confirmed and added to Mr. Halhed's observations. He says,—" The Sanskrit language 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... | |
 | Alexander Duff - 1839 - 738 페이지
...etymology." In a similar strain, Sir W. Jones still more emphatically remarks, " It is a language of wonderful structure ; more perfect than the Greek ; more copious than the Latin ; and more exquisitely refined than either." The voice which thus issued from the oracles, on the banks of the... | |
 | Mountstuart Elphinstone - 1841 - 656 페이지
...acquaintance with those of other ancient and modern nations entitles his opinion to respect, to be " of a wonderful structure ; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either."* The language so highly commended seems always to have received the... | |
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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... 
