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Page 46
... English writer , paying a compliment to a great man , would say , " It is im- possible for me to pass over in silence so distinguished mildness , so singular and unheard - of clemency , and so uncommon moderation , in the exercise of ...
... English writer , paying a compliment to a great man , would say , " It is im- possible for me to pass over in silence so distinguished mildness , so singular and unheard - of clemency , and so uncommon moderation , in the exercise of ...
Page 47
... English has more inversion than the rest ; and the French has the least of all . Writing is an improvement upon speech , and con- sequently was posterior to it in order of time . Its characters are of two kinds , signs of things , and ...
... English has more inversion than the rest ; and the French has the least of all . Writing is an improvement upon speech , and con- sequently was posterior to it in order of time . Its characters are of two kinds , signs of things , and ...
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... English , we have two articles , & and the ; a is more general , the more definite . The Greeks had but one , which agrees with our de- finite article the . They supplied the place of our article a , by the absence of their article ...
... English , we have two articles , & and the ; a is more general , the more definite . The Greeks had but one , which agrees with our de- finite article the . They supplied the place of our article a , by the absence of their article ...
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... English language , all nouns , literally used , that are not names of living creatures , are neuter ; and ours is , perhaps , the only tongue , except the Chinese , which is said to resemble it in this particular , in which the dis ...
... English language , all nouns , literally used , that are not names of living creatures , are neuter ; and ours is , perhaps , the only tongue , except the Chinese , which is said to resemble it in this particular , in which the dis ...
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... English , French , and Italian , it is not found ; or , at most , it exists in a very imperfect state . These languages express the relations of objects by prepositions , which are the names of those relations prefixed to the names of ...
... English , French , and Italian , it is not found ; or , at most , it exists in a very imperfect state . These languages express the relations of objects by prepositions , which are the names of those relations prefixed to the names of ...
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