 | 1872 - 858 páginas
...&c. ; for ' hard ' they would say ' like a stone; ' for ' tall f they would say ' long legs,' &c. ; for ' round ' they said ' like a ball,' ' like the...confirming, by some sign, the meaning to be understood "— Mllligan, "Vocabulary of the Dialect.* of some of the Aboriginal Tribuj of Tasmania." HobartTown.... | |
 | Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science, Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land - 1855 - 378 páginas
...stone" ; for " tall," they would say " long legs" &c. ; and for " round," they said " like a bah1," " like the moon," and so on, usually suiting the action...confirming, by some sign, the meaning to be understood. The elision and absolute rejection and disuse of words from time to time has been noticed as a source... | |
 | James Bonwick - 1870 - 364 páginas
...; for ' hard ' they would say, ' like a stone ; ' for ' tall ' they would say, ' long legs,' &c. ; and for ' round ' they said, ' like a ball,' ' like...confirming by some sign the meaning to be understood," The ignorance of Tasmanians and Polynesians of letters is not to be wondered at, when Mr. Crawford... | |
 | 1870 - 770 páginas
...round, &c. ; for ' hard,' they would say ' like a stone,' for ' tall,' they would say ' long legs,' &c., and for • round,' they said •like a ball,' •...word, and confirming, by some sign, the meaning to be understood."1 Now, even making allowance for over-statement here (which seems needful, since the word... | |
 | 1870 - 764 páginas
...round, &c. ; for ' hard,' they would say ' like a stone,5 for ' tall,' they would say ' long legs,' &c., and for ' round,' they said ' like a ball,' ' like...word, and confirming, by some sign, the meaning to be understood."1 Now, even making allowance for over- statement here (which seems needful, since the word... | |
 | James Bonwick - 1870 - 368 páginas
...; for ' hard ' they would say, ' like a stone ; ' for ' tall ' they would say, ' long legs,' &c. ; and for ' round ' they said, ' like a ball,' ' like...suiting the action to the word, and confirming by some siga the meaning to be understood." The ignorance of Tasmanians and Polynesians of letters is not to... | |
 | 1872 - 848 páginas
...round, ic. ; for ' hard ' they would say 'like a stone;' for 'tall' they would say 'long leg-V &c.; for 'round' they said ' like a ball,' ' like the moon,'...confirming, by some sign, the meaning to be understood." — Milligan, " Vocabulary of the Dialects of somo of the Aboriginal Tribes of Tasmania." Ilobart Town.... | |
 | 1872 - 844 páginas
...they would say ' long legs,* &c. ; for • round ' they said ' like a ball,' ' like the moon ' and 80 on, usually suiting the action to the word, and confirming, by some sign, the meaning to be understood "—Mllllfran, " Vocabulary of tho Dialecta of some of the Aboriginal Tribes of Tasmania." Uobart Town.... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - 1873 - 458 páginas
...round, &c. ; for "hard" they would say "like a stone;" for "tall" they would say " long legs," &c. ; for " round " they said " like a ball," " like the...confirming by some sign, the meaning to be understood.' — Milligan, Vocabulary of the Dialects of some of the Aboriginal Tribes of Tasmania, p. 34. Hobart... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - 1873 - 428 páginas
...&c. ; for " hard " they would say " like a stone ; " for " tall " they would say "long legs," &c. ; for "round" they said " like a ball," " like the moon,"...confirming by some sign, the meaning to be understood.' — Milligan, Vocabulary of the Dialects of some of the Aboriginal Tribes of Tasmania, p. 34. Hobart... | |
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like a stone ; ' for ' tall,' they would say ' long legs,' etc. ; and for ' round,' they said ' like a ball,' 
