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... Greek and Roman languages . a musical and gesticulating pronunciation was retained in a very high de- gree . Without attending to this , we shall be at a loss in understanding several passages of the classics , which relate to the ...
... Greek and Roman languages . a musical and gesticulating pronunciation was retained in a very high de- gree . Without attending to this , we shall be at a loss in understanding several passages of the classics , which relate to the ...
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... Greek and Latin ; and it is said likewise in the Russian , Sclavonic , Gaelic , and several American tongues . The modern languages of Europe have adopted a different arrangement from the ancient . In their prose compositions very ...
... Greek and Latin ; and it is said likewise in the Russian , Sclavonic , Gaelic , and several American tongues . The modern languages of Europe have adopted a different arrangement from the ancient . In their prose compositions very ...
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... Greek , and Roman alphabets agree so much in the figure , names , and arrangement of the letters , as amounts to demonstration , that they were derived originally from the same source . The ancient order of writing was from the right ...
... Greek , and Roman alphabets agree so much in the figure , names , and arrangement of the letters , as amounts to demonstration , that they were derived originally from the same source . The ancient order of writing was from the right ...
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Hugh Blair. pears from some very old inscriptions , prevailed even among the Greeks . They afterward used to write their lines alternately from the right to the left , and from the left to the right . The inscription on the famous Sigean ...
Hugh Blair. pears from some very old inscriptions , prevailed even among the Greeks . They afterward used to write their lines alternately from the right to the left , and from the left to the right . The inscription on the famous Sigean ...
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... the more definite . The Greeks had but one , which agrees with our definite article the . They supplied the placeof ourarticleabythe absenceof their article ; 8 thus Avegas signifies a man , Avegamos the man . Structure of Language . 59.
... the more definite . The Greeks had but one , which agrees with our definite article the . They supplied the placeof ourarticleabythe absenceof their article ; 8 thus Avegas signifies a man , Avegamos the man . Structure of Language . 59.
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