 Willis on the mechanism of the larnyx, it may be presumed that ultimately the utterance or pronunciation of modern languages will be conveyed, not only to the eye, but also to the ear, of posterity. Had the ancients possessed the means of transmitting...  On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences - Page 137by Mary Somerville - 1834 - 458 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Munro - 1891 - 314 pages
...some fifty years ago : ' It may be presumed that ultimately the utterances or pronunciation of modern languages will be conveyed, not only to the eye, but...the means of transmitting such definite sounds, the civilised world must have responded in sympathetic notes at the distance of many ages.' In the Mi/moires... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - 1900 - 462 pages
...mechanism of the larynx, it may be presumed that ultimately the utterance or pronunciation of modern languages will be conveyed, not only to the eye, but...responded in sympathetic notes at the distance of many ages. From "Connection of the Physical Sciences. " ROBERT SOUTHEY (1774-1843) foBERT SOUTHEY was... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - 1902 - 452 pages
...mechanism of the larynx, it may be presumed that ultimately the utterance or pronunciation of modern languages will be conveyed, not only to the eye, but...responded in sympathetic notes at the distance of many ages. From M Connect! on of the Physical Sciences. " ROBERT SOUTHEY (1774-1843) ROBERT SOUTHEY... | |
 | 1842 - 446 pages
...bodies, or even to determine the exact place of very distant objects upon the surface of the earth ; for, in consequence of the refractive p"ower of the air, no distant object is seen in its true position. All the celestial bodies appear to be more elevated than they... | |
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