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... Language in the most unex- ceptionable Manner , who might , never- theless , be incapable of Reading † any Language whatever . Again , we have Tracts on the Art of Speaking ; but neither Reading nor Speaking is confined to mere Sound ...
... Language in the most unex- ceptionable Manner , who might , never- theless , be incapable of Reading † any Language whatever . Again , we have Tracts on the Art of Speaking ; but neither Reading nor Speaking is confined to mere Sound ...
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... Language , have deduced their Rules from the Latin and Greek . It must appear fomething ludicrous , however , if not ri- diculous , to People divefted of claffical Prejudices , to think that the Profody of a living Language fhould be ...
... Language , have deduced their Rules from the Latin and Greek . It must appear fomething ludicrous , however , if not ri- diculous , to People divefted of claffical Prejudices , to think that the Profody of a living Language fhould be ...
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... Language bears even to Thought : for it is very certain that we study , as well as speak , in fome one Language , and that we cannot compofe so well in any other . Nay , thofe who understand a Variety of Languages and Sciences , will ...
... Language bears even to Thought : for it is very certain that we study , as well as speak , in fome one Language , and that we cannot compofe so well in any other . Nay , thofe who understand a Variety of Languages and Sciences , will ...
Contents
Obfervations on the Defects and Perfection | 1 |
The Analysis of SPEECH | 19 |
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