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Page 229
... language . The editors of grammars have generally acted with more discretion . They knew that every language was spo- ken before it was written ; that anomalous formations , too nume- rous and too firmly established to be removed or ...
... language . The editors of grammars have generally acted with more discretion . They knew that every language was spo- ken before it was written ; that anomalous formations , too nume- rous and too firmly established to be removed or ...
Page 230
... language may perish in the lapse of ages , as other languages have perished ; but let not those , who are appointed to teach and to guard it , be themselves its executioners . The neglect of our own language in our public schools and ...
... language may perish in the lapse of ages , as other languages have perished ; but let not those , who are appointed to teach and to guard it , be themselves its executioners . The neglect of our own language in our public schools and ...
Page 231
... language rough and unharmonious in proportion to the numbers of them in a syl- lable , is by no means universally just ; and where it is just in its fullest extent , the language is not necessarily injured . What would be gained in ...
... language rough and unharmonious in proportion to the numbers of them in a syl- lable , is by no means universally just ; and where it is just in its fullest extent , the language is not necessarily injured . What would be gained in ...
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