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Page 200
... language is no very pleasant or very easy task : but Mr. Bentham's Chres- tomathic system would compel us not only to learn a new but to unlearn an old language . It would be a tax at once both on our memory and on our forgetfulness ...
... language is no very pleasant or very easy task : but Mr. Bentham's Chres- tomathic system would compel us not only to learn a new but to unlearn an old language . It would be a tax at once both on our memory and on our forgetfulness ...
Page 399
... language and literature of England , Mr. Campbell dwells with all the affection , the familiar ac- quaintance , and even the pride , of one who numbers and glories in a race of splendid ancestors . The compound origin of our tongue ...
... language and literature of England , Mr. Campbell dwells with all the affection , the familiar ac- quaintance , and even the pride , of one who numbers and glories in a race of splendid ancestors . The compound origin of our tongue ...
Page 519
... Language . By J. CH . LAVEAUX . 8vo . pp . 810. Paris . 1818 . TH HE author of this dictionary , with more reserve than con- tinental literati usually manifest , has declined to add in the title - page any of his honorary designations ...
... Language . By J. CH . LAVEAUX . 8vo . pp . 810. Paris . 1818 . TH HE author of this dictionary , with more reserve than con- tinental literati usually manifest , has declined to add in the title - page any of his honorary designations ...
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Humboldts Personal Narrative | 14 |
ABEILLARD and Heloise familiar | 16 |
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