An Essay on the Origin and Formation of the Romance Languages: Containing an Examination of Raynouards Theory on the Relation of the Italian, Spanish, Provençal and French to the Latin. E-book. Formato PDF George Cornewall Lewis Esq.   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

The problem, of which a tolerably complete solution is offered in the following pages, is one which cannot fail to interest all who have con sidered the intimate connexion of the develop ment of languages, as well with the political his tory of the communities by which they are spoken, as with those refined processes of thought, of which language is at once the exponent and the evidence. In this point of view the origin and progress of the modern dialects of the Latin are marked by peculiarities, which give them a pre dominant title to attention. Having arisen within a purely historical period, they are free from the elements of uncertainty which em barrass all enquiries into the origin of most other languages; while their descent from the language of the great Roman nation, and their actual diffusion over all the west of continental Europe, invests them with a deep interest in the eyes of all who take a connected view of the ancient and modern condition of these great nations.

An Historical Survey of the Astronomy of the Ancients. E-book. Formato PDF George Cornewall Lewis   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

I) A Just character of Delambre's History of Ancient Astronomy is given by Martin, Etudes sur le Timée de Platon, tom. Ii. P. 424. M. Martin remarks that the work of Delambre must be considered rather as materials for the history of ancient astronomy, than as a history itself.

The Problem of Pain in Nature: With Seven Illustrations. E-book. Formato PDF Charles F. Newall   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

Almost two years ago I had written an article on the subject of this book: its brevity, however, did not allow of adequate treatment at all, and it was not printed. The Rev. Charles A. Hall, sug gested that it should be written in extended form, and the present little volume is the fruit of that suggestion. I trust the drawings l have produced for this little work may be found helpful, and convey to the reader a better. Realisation than mere descriptions can usually do.