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... given to our first parents were given through the medium of language . They obvious- ly conversed with God and with one another . Nor have we any intimation that this intercourse was conducted in any other way than by an oral language ...
... given to our first parents were given through the medium of language . They obvious- ly conversed with God and with one another . Nor have we any intimation that this intercourse was conducted in any other way than by an oral language ...
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... given to Moses . But , it may be shown with the utmost degree of probability that the Phoenician Alphabet was derived from the He- brew . A learned writer in the Edinburgh En cyclopædia expresses the opinion , " that the pre- tensions ...
... given to Moses . But , it may be shown with the utmost degree of probability that the Phoenician Alphabet was derived from the He- brew . A learned writer in the Edinburgh En cyclopædia expresses the opinion , " that the pre- tensions ...
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... given to David by God himself . The hiero- glyphics of the ancient Egyptians were never brought to such a state of perfection as to consti- tute a system of phonetic writing . They remain to the present day ; and they are almost useless ...
... given to David by God himself . The hiero- glyphics of the ancient Egyptians were never brought to such a state of perfection as to consti- tute a system of phonetic writing . They remain to the present day ; and they are almost useless ...
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... given rise to any one of the Oriental alphabets . It is " purely an artificial structure which denotes every idea by its appro- priate sign without any relation to the utterance . It speaks to the eye like the numerical cyphers of the ...
... given rise to any one of the Oriental alphabets . It is " purely an artificial structure which denotes every idea by its appro- priate sign without any relation to the utterance . It speaks to the eye like the numerical cyphers of the ...
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... given to Moses which relates to the ephod and breast plate for the High Priest , on which inscriptions were to be made like the engravings of a signet was given ORAL AND WRITTEN LANGUAGE . 29.
... given to Moses which relates to the ephod and breast plate for the High Priest , on which inscriptions were to be made like the engravings of a signet was given ORAL AND WRITTEN LANGUAGE . 29.
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