Elements of General Knowledge: Introductory to Useful Books in the Principal Branches of Literature and Science. Designed Chiefly for the Junior Students in the Universities, and the Higher Classes in Schools, Том 1Printed at the Press of H. Maxwell, for F. Nichols, Philadelphia, and J. A. Cummings, Boston, 1805 |
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... LANGUAGE . CHAP . I. LANGUAGE IN GENERAL . Advantages resulting from a knowledge of various lan- guages . The theories of lord Monboddo and Adam Smith relative to their origin examined . All languages derived from one original source ...
... LANGUAGE . CHAP . I. LANGUAGE IN GENERAL . Advantages resulting from a knowledge of various lan- guages . The theories of lord Monboddo and Adam Smith relative to their origin examined . All languages derived from one original source ...
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... languages . Origin of the Italian and French languages . The rise of the modern languages forms a curious part of the history of the dark ages . P. 69-86 . CHAP . II . THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . Its origin and progress . The simplicity of ...
... languages . Origin of the Italian and French languages . The rise of the modern languages forms a curious part of the history of the dark ages . P. 69-86 . CHAP . II . THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . Its origin and progress . The simplicity of ...
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... LANGUAGE . Its utility . It was formerly the general language of all per- sons of education for conversation as well as writing . Its ori- gin : inferior to Greek . Its beauties and discriminating features . The progress of its ...
... LANGUAGE . Its utility . It was formerly the general language of all per- sons of education for conversation as well as writing . Its ori- gin : inferior to Greek . Its beauties and discriminating features . The progress of its ...
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... language upon all subjects whatever are constantly published , and quickly circu- late through the whole kingdom . This circumstance has lessened that wide and very evident distinction , which in former times prevailed between the ...
... language upon all subjects whatever are constantly published , and quickly circu- late through the whole kingdom . This circumstance has lessened that wide and very evident distinction , which in former times prevailed between the ...
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... LANGUAGE is intimately con- nected with every other kind of information , and as in the languages of ancient GREECE and ROME are pre- served some of the noblest productions of human genius , I assign to these subjects the next place ...
... LANGUAGE is intimately con- nected with every other kind of information , and as in the languages of ancient GREECE and ROME are pre- served some of the noblest productions of human genius , I assign to these subjects the next place ...
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