Boswell's Life of JohnsonMacmillan, 1903 - 718 strani |
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... language is , at present , in a state of anarchy , and hitherto , per- haps , it may not have been the worse for it . During our free and open trade , many words and expressions have been imported , adopted , and naturalized from other ...
... language is , at present , in a state of anarchy , and hitherto , per- haps , it may not have been the worse for it . During our free and open trade , many words and expressions have been imported , adopted , and naturalized from other ...
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... language should be totally extinguished . The similitude and derivation of languages afford the most indubitable proof of the traduction of nations and the genealogy of mankind . They add often physical certainty to historical evidence ...
... language should be totally extinguished . The similitude and derivation of languages afford the most indubitable proof of the traduction of nations and the genealogy of mankind . They add often physical certainty to historical evidence ...
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... language ; - OHNSON : " It must have come by nspiration . A thousand , nay , a million of 605 children could not invent a language . While the organs are pliable , there is not understanding enough to form a language ; by the time that ...
... language ; - OHNSON : " It must have come by nspiration . A thousand , nay , a million of 605 children could not invent a language . While the organs are pliable , there is not understanding enough to form a language ; by the time that ...
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