The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 101A. Constable, 1855 |
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... ) may have deterred others from undertaking the task . Probably , too , the unsettled condition of affairs in Rome at the time of Mezzofanti's death , which occurred during the residence of the Papal 1855 . 23 Cardinal Mezzofanti .
... ) may have deterred others from undertaking the task . Probably , too , the unsettled condition of affairs in Rome at the time of Mezzofanti's death , which occurred during the residence of the Papal 1855 . 23 Cardinal Mezzofanti .
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... ( probably from the circumstance of its being printed altogether in the Russian character * ) is but little familiar to our philologers , and is chiefly known from the valuable materials which it supplied . to Adelung and his colleagues ...
... ( probably from the circumstance of its being printed altogether in the Russian character * ) is but little familiar to our philologers , and is chiefly known from the valuable materials which it supplied . to Adelung and his colleagues ...
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... Probably Byron's visit was not far re- moved from that of Stewart Rose . 6 ' I don't remember a man amongst them , ' he says , of foreign literary men generally , whom I ever wished to see twice , ' except perhaps Mezzophanti , who is a ...
... Probably Byron's visit was not far re- moved from that of Stewart Rose . 6 ' I don't remember a man amongst them , ' he says , of foreign literary men generally , whom I ever wished to see twice , ' except perhaps Mezzophanti , who is a ...
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... probably the most signal triumph of his career- his mastery of Chinese - was the one which was accomplished at once latest in life and with fewest facilities . It was so complete , too , that he was able not only to converse freely with ...
... probably the most signal triumph of his career- his mastery of Chinese - was the one which was accomplished at once latest in life and with fewest facilities . It was so complete , too , that he was able not only to converse freely with ...
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... probably , in its structural inflections ) , which it was necessary to master in order to follow the language with facility . His mind possessed an instinctive power of catching up and echoing back this mysterious rhythm ; and there can ...
... probably , in its structural inflections ) , which it was necessary to master in order to follow the language with facility . His mind possessed an instinctive power of catching up and echoing back this mysterious rhythm ; and there can ...
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