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Page xvii
... Spanish , the beautiful , but effeminate Italian , and the asper , but multipotent Inglish . This truth might furnish hints for a truly philosophical in- quiry into language , exhibiting a more really beaut- eous picture of analysis ...
... Spanish , the beautiful , but effeminate Italian , and the asper , but multipotent Inglish . This truth might furnish hints for a truly philosophical in- quiry into language , exhibiting a more really beaut- eous picture of analysis ...
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... Spanish , French , and German , are in themselves essential parts of polite education , and to the Inglish scholar they are of twofold utility , and ornament , in- trinsick , and relative . Various Gothick dialects , but particu- larly ...
... Spanish , French , and German , are in themselves essential parts of polite education , and to the Inglish scholar they are of twofold utility , and ornament , in- trinsick , and relative . Various Gothick dialects , but particu- larly ...
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... perfect their Italian , and sometimes their German : all this , however , is an insufficient all . The Spanish language is extremely neg- Sheridan . " 11h 01 la 201 lected , but certainly very undeservedly . , Inglish xxii.
... perfect their Italian , and sometimes their German : all this , however , is an insufficient all . The Spanish language is extremely neg- Sheridan . " 11h 01 la 201 lected , but certainly very undeservedly . , Inglish xxii.
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... Spanish writers with whose names , they are familiar . * ( 1 Castilian possesses peerlessly the advantage of facility , especially to the Italian scholar and the Latin ... Italian , and Spanish are the two elder , and only legitimate ...
... Spanish writers with whose names , they are familiar . * ( 1 Castilian possesses peerlessly the advantage of facility , especially to the Italian scholar and the Latin ... Italian , and Spanish are the two elder , and only legitimate ...
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... Spanish , in ner- vosity by the German , in ease by the French , and in perspi- cuity by every modern idiom , but particularly by the Inglish . The ancient languages , on the other hand , excel the modern in correctness , in proportion ...
... Spanish , in ner- vosity by the German , in ease by the French , and in perspi- cuity by every modern idiom , but particularly by the Inglish . The ancient languages , on the other hand , excel the modern in correctness , in proportion ...
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