Proceedings of the Philological SocietyGeorge Bell, 1854 - 9 pages Vol. 6, appendix: A dictionary of the Circassian language / by L. Loewe. |
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... phrase which in ours is a beauty or a blemish , is a strict necessity , and the ungraceful " soixante - dix " may possibly have suggested the fortunate para- phrase . Whatever its origin , the beauty of the expression in this passage ...
... phrase which in ours is a beauty or a blemish , is a strict necessity , and the ungraceful " soixante - dix " may possibly have suggested the fortunate para- phrase . Whatever its origin , the beauty of the expression in this passage ...
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... phrase 66 is , " Da zdravstvuet Tsar , " " May the Tsar be healthy , " which cer- tainly adds somewhat of benediction . In England the loyal accla- mation combines the name of the Deity with that of the sovereign . It is always " God ...
... phrase 66 is , " Da zdravstvuet Tsar , " " May the Tsar be healthy , " which cer- tainly adds somewhat of benediction . In England the loyal accla- mation combines the name of the Deity with that of the sovereign . It is always " God ...
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... phrase made use of by Luther is " Glück zu dem Könige , " " Good fortune to the King . " If Coverdale first made use of it purely at the suggestion of his native taste , we may admire his own good fortune in having been followed , not ...
... phrase made use of by Luther is " Glück zu dem Könige , " " Good fortune to the King . " If Coverdale first made use of it purely at the suggestion of his native taste , we may admire his own good fortune in having been followed , not ...
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Philological Society (Great Britain). honour seems justly to belong . The phrase , embodied in the au- thorized version of the Scriptures and enshrined in the national heart , is become an heir - loom of the language . In several points ...
Philological Society (Great Britain). honour seems justly to belong . The phrase , embodied in the au- thorized version of the Scriptures and enshrined in the national heart , is become an heir - loom of the language . In several points ...
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... phrase appropriate not to a mere personal usurpation , as he represents the Magians ' to have been , but to a revolution restoring the rela- tive position of Medes and Persians as it had existed in the time of Astyages . It is therefore ...
... phrase appropriate not to a mere personal usurpation , as he represents the Magians ' to have been , but to a revolution restoring the rela- tive position of Medes and Persians as it had existed in the time of Astyages . It is therefore ...
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