 When the early physicists became aware of forces they could not understand, they tried to escape their difficulty by personifying the laws of nature and inventing " spirits " that controlled material phenomena. The student of language, in the presence...  The English Language - Page 26by Logan Pearsall Smith - 1919 - 256 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Harold Bayley - Folklore - 1912 - 406 pages
...old and discarded ideas. The author of The English Language? published only just recently, writes : " When the early physicists became aware of forces they...changes language, has been compelled to adopt this mediaeval procedure, and has vaguely denned, by the name of ' the Genius of the Language," the power... | |
 | Gerald O'Nolan - Irish language - 1921 - 140 pages
...nuine A tti oitCe AJ\ 50 7VA1B re nA t)AOt\, j;u|\ -Oem fAO^-feAtv t)e, -oe BuAt) HA ceifvoe r111X. When the early physicists became aware of forces they...spirits " that controlled material phenomena. The The student of language, in the presence of the mysterious power which creates and changes language... | |
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