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... language and dialects , of poetry and the drama , as well as dissertations upon the progress of historical and scien- tific study . In a small compass the scholar has here before him a full view of the whole subject , his course through ...
... language and dialects , of poetry and the drama , as well as dissertations upon the progress of historical and scien- tific study . In a small compass the scholar has here before him a full view of the whole subject , his course through ...
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... Language ; " on the " Rise , Progress , and Present Structure of the English Language ; ' on " English Past and Present ; " on the " Study of Language ; " on the " Study of Words ; " on " English Synonymes ; " and on “ English Gram- mar ...
... Language ; " on the " Rise , Progress , and Present Structure of the English Language ; ' on " English Past and Present ; " on the " Study of Language ; " on the " Study of Words ; " on " English Synonymes ; " and on “ English Gram- mar ...
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... languages ; but its poverty does not arise from its method and propriety . This indeed is so little the case , that , if it were written with no greater atten- tion to grammar than English commonly is , it would soon be reduced to an ...
... languages ; but its poverty does not arise from its method and propriety . This indeed is so little the case , that , if it were written with no greater atten- tion to grammar than English commonly is , it would soon be reduced to an ...
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... language . That this proceeds in a great measure from the character of the language itself , there can be no doubt : for there is no modern lan- guage which , from its simplicity of structure and its expressive copiousness , is so well ...
... language . That this proceeds in a great measure from the character of the language itself , there can be no doubt : for there is no modern lan- guage which , from its simplicity of structure and its expressive copiousness , is so well ...
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... language has been improved , the art of composi- tion has been neglected . Let the reader take up any of the publications of the day . A mere glance will satisfy him , that , whatever credit may be due to the author for invention of ...
... language has been improved , the art of composi- tion has been neglected . Let the reader take up any of the publications of the day . A mere glance will satisfy him , that , whatever credit may be due to the author for invention of ...
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