...before, runs very naturally into Sapphics, Alcaics, and Iambics. Sir William repre'fents it as even more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquifitely refined than either, yet bearing to both fo. ftrong an affinity as to induce a conviction,...

...given in thefe words. " The Sanfcreet language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful ftru&ure ; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquifitely refined than either, yet bearing to each of them a ftronger affinity, both in the jroots...

...prevailed in it. . . ; i • The Sanscrit language, whatever be its antiquity^ is of a wonderful ftrufture; more perfect than the Greek* more copious than the Latin, and more exquifitely refined than cither ; yet bearing to both of them a ftronger affinity, affinity, both in...

...expressed, in the strongest manner, by Sir William Jones. ' The ' Sanscrit language,' he observes, ' whatever be its antiquity, is ' of a wonderful structure;...bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both ia ' the roots of verbs, and in the forms of grammar, than could ' possibly have been produced by accident...

...wonderful structure of the Sanskrit. He said, at once, ' that the old sacred language of India was more perfect than ' the Greek, more copious than the...of them a stronger ' affinity, both in the roots of the verbs and in the forms of ' grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accident ; ' so...

...and that traces of its original diffusion may still be discovered in almost every region of Asia. f " The Sanscrit language, whatever be its antiquity,...is of a wonderful structure ; more perfect than the Gnek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either; yet bearing to both of...

...letters of the alphabet, to the children of Ham in Chaldaea-t " The Sanscreet language, he observes, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure...more exquisitely refined than either, yet bearing to each of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could...

...and invariably express every complex idea by circumlocution.*- Sir William Jones tells us, f that " the Sanscrit language, whatever be its antiquity,...exquisitely refined than either; yet bearing to both a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly have...

...prevailed in it. • The Sanfcrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful ftructure ; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquifitely refined than either, yet bearing to both of them a ftronger affinity, both in the roots...

...has prevailed in it. ^ The Sanfcrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful ftru&ure ; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquifitely^jrefined than either, yet bearing to both of them a ftronger affinity, both in the roots...