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Page 123
... language in the ordi- nary way . As to the hypothefis of the author above mentioned , it is not more irrational in itself , than it is deftitute of evidence . It is irra- tional , as it excludes the primary ufe , the converfion of the ...
... language in the ordi- nary way . As to the hypothefis of the author above mentioned , it is not more irrational in itself , than it is deftitute of evidence . It is irra- tional , as it excludes the primary ufe , the converfion of the ...
Page 124
... language will differ from that of another , when there is a diverfity of character in the nations which ufe them , but that the language of the fame people will vary from itfelf ; or , to fpeak more properly , from what it was at a ...
... language will differ from that of another , when there is a diverfity of character in the nations which ufe them , but that the language of the fame people will vary from itfelf ; or , to fpeak more properly , from what it was at a ...
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... language , at any period , fince the Reformation . We ought not rafhly to accufe former tranflators of improprieties with which they are not justly chargeable . Language , like all other human things , is fubject to perpetual ...
... language , at any period , fince the Reformation . We ought not rafhly to accufe former tranflators of improprieties with which they are not justly chargeable . Language , like all other human things , is fubject to perpetual ...
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Julius or the Natural Son 462 | 17 |
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