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Page 286
... language must have been ; yet the progression appears not longer from these feeble be- ginnings to the most imperfect language with which we are acquainted , than from that of the most polished . If human ingenuity could improve the ...
... language must have been ; yet the progression appears not longer from these feeble be- ginnings to the most imperfect language with which we are acquainted , than from that of the most polished . If human ingenuity could improve the ...
Page 525
... language , he governs and directs it : it became the slave of his genius , but only to acquire new grandeur . He alone is possessed of the secret of his language : its features are antique and lofty , of an unpolished but hardy nature ...
... language , he governs and directs it : it became the slave of his genius , but only to acquire new grandeur . He alone is possessed of the secret of his language : its features are antique and lofty , of an unpolished but hardy nature ...
Page 527
... language with the stores of that philosophy , without corrupting or denaturalizing the one or the other . The historian of nature is , like nature , noble , fruitful and majestic , but not always equally varied . " This last remark is ...
... language with the stores of that philosophy , without corrupting or denaturalizing the one or the other . The historian of nature is , like nature , noble , fruitful and majestic , but not always equally varied . " This last remark is ...
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