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... language . This idea being different to that which generally prevails on this subject , the author is led to a novel conclusion . To that language which is most perfect , he ascribes the greatest anti- quity ; on which ground he rejects ...
... language . This idea being different to that which generally prevails on this subject , the author is led to a novel conclusion . To that language which is most perfect , he ascribes the greatest anti- quity ; on which ground he rejects ...
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... language , but not as essential to it ; and he therefore does not reckon them among the parts of speech . He observes that the Mohegan , a language very general among the Indian natives of North America , is wholly without ad jectives ...
... language , but not as essential to it ; and he therefore does not reckon them among the parts of speech . He observes that the Mohegan , a language very general among the Indian natives of North America , is wholly without ad jectives ...
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... language , while our derivatives are taken from another ; that the defects of our tongue have been sup- plied at the expence of its uniformity ; and that our dialect is a medley rather than a language . For having supplied the defects ...
... language , while our derivatives are taken from another ; that the defects of our tongue have been sup- plied at the expence of its uniformity ; and that our dialect is a medley rather than a language . For having supplied the defects ...
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