An Essay on the Study of Antiquities: To which are Added Some Cursory Remarks on the Origin of Language in General, and of the Greek Language in ParticularJ. and J. Fletcher; D. Prince and J. Cooke; also by P. Elmsley, and B. White, London, 1781 - Archaeology - 44 pages |
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... formation of the Greek Language , the general plan of which he has given fome view of in a few cur- fory remarks at the end of the Effay ; and as he means shortly to publish a Specimen of the Inquiry , he wished to give some notice of ...
... formation of the Greek Language , the general plan of which he has given fome view of in a few cur- fory remarks at the end of the Effay ; and as he means shortly to publish a Specimen of the Inquiry , he wished to give some notice of ...
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... formation of the Greek Language , the general plan of which he has given fome view of in a few curfory remarks at the end of the Effay ; and as he means shortly to publish a Specimen of the Inquiry , he wished to give fome notice of it ...
... formation of the Greek Language , the general plan of which he has given fome view of in a few curfory remarks at the end of the Effay ; and as he means shortly to publish a Specimen of the Inquiry , he wished to give fome notice of it ...
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... formed , conducive even to the ordinary purposes as well as elegance of modern Life ; as new modifications of Art may be struck out , and new methods of convenience suggested . But But the study of Antiquities will appear perhaps more ...
... formed , conducive even to the ordinary purposes as well as elegance of modern Life ; as new modifications of Art may be struck out , and new methods of convenience suggested . But But the study of Antiquities will appear perhaps more ...
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... formed Ideas . The inhabitants of the rough and barren Attica early habi- tuated to naval affairs and commerce , have left no obfcure testi- mony of their situation and manners in a dialect which , rough in its pronunciation , while it ...
... formed Ideas . The inhabitants of the rough and barren Attica early habi- tuated to naval affairs and commerce , have left no obfcure testi- mony of their situation and manners in a dialect which , rough in its pronunciation , while it ...
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... formed on those models the peculiarities of their ftile , tafte , and compofition . ( See WARTON'S Obfervations on Spenfer , Vol . II . p . 264. ) Till this method of illuftration was pursued by their last and best Critics , many remote ...
... formed on those models the peculiarities of their ftile , tafte , and compofition . ( See WARTON'S Obfervations on Spenfer , Vol . II . p . 264. ) Till this method of illuftration was pursued by their last and best Critics , many remote ...
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