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... guage . Our arithmetical figures , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , & c . are an example of this sort of writing . They have no dependence on words ; each fig- ure represents the number for which it stands , and consequently is equally understood by all ...
... guage . Our arithmetical figures , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , & c . are an example of this sort of writing . They have no dependence on words ; each fig- ure represents the number for which it stands , and consequently is equally understood by all ...
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... guage is also less agreeable to the ear , being de- prived of that variety and sweetness which arose from the length of words , and the change of ter- minations occasioned by cases , in the Greek and Latin . But perhaps the greatest ...
... guage is also less agreeable to the ear , being de- prived of that variety and sweetness which arose from the length of words , and the change of ter- minations occasioned by cases , in the Greek and Latin . But perhaps the greatest ...
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Hugh Blair. so great a part of the grammar of all lan- guages . Conjugation is reckoned most perfect in those languages , which , by varying the termination , or the initial syllable of the verb , expresses the greatest number of ...
Hugh Blair. so great a part of the grammar of all lan- guages . Conjugation is reckoned most perfect in those languages , which , by varying the termination , or the initial syllable of the verb , expresses the greatest number of ...
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... guage . The English , which was spoken after the Norman Conquest , and continues to be spoken now , is a mixture of the ancient Saxon and the Norman French , together with such new and foreign words , as commerce and learning have , in ...
... guage . The English , which was spoken after the Norman Conquest , and continues to be spoken now , is a mixture of the ancient Saxon and the Norman French , together with such new and foreign words , as commerce and learning have , in ...
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... guage of poetry . Our poetical style differs widely from prose , not with respect to numbers only , but in the very words themselves ; which proves what a compass and variety of words we can select and employ , suited to different occa ...
... guage of poetry . Our poetical style differs widely from prose , not with respect to numbers only , but in the very words themselves ; which proves what a compass and variety of words we can select and employ , suited to different occa ...
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