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... writer , that " it sometimes seemed to him that the Bible is as much greater than all other books , as its Author is greater than all other authors . " I am well persuaded that the seeming extravagance of such an observation will ...
... writer , that " it sometimes seemed to him that the Bible is as much greater than all other books , as its Author is greater than all other authors . " I am well persuaded that the seeming extravagance of such an observation will ...
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... writing . But there is a marked distinction between these imperfect and elementary forms , and Alphabetical writing . This is a system which is expressive primarily of sound rather than of thought . Instead of employing characters as ...
... writing . But there is a marked distinction between these imperfect and elementary forms , and Alphabetical writing . This is a system which is expressive primarily of sound rather than of thought . Instead of employing characters as ...
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... writing , is generally said to have been first practised by the Phoenicians ; " though he himself countenances the ... Writing - Warburton's Divine Legation of Moses - Gilbert Wakefield's Dissertation on Alphabetical Writing - Daubuz on ...
... writing , is generally said to have been first practised by the Phoenicians ; " though he himself countenances the ... Writing - Warburton's Divine Legation of Moses - Gilbert Wakefield's Dissertation on Alphabetical Writing - Daubuz on ...
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... writing . They remain to the present day ; and they are almost useless and silent , because they represent none of the elements of articulation , and bear no analogy to any other system , whether ancient or modern . Whatever may have ...
... writing . They remain to the present day ; and they are almost useless and silent , because they represent none of the elements of articulation , and bear no analogy to any other system , whether ancient or modern . Whatever may have ...
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... Notwithstanding the efforts of the infidels of Ger- many , who have endeavored to show that alphabeti- cal writing was not in use at all even so early as the time of Moses , it will not be denied except 18 ORAL AND WRITTEN LANGUAGE .
... Notwithstanding the efforts of the infidels of Ger- many , who have endeavored to show that alphabeti- cal writing was not in use at all even so early as the time of Moses , it will not be denied except 18 ORAL AND WRITTEN LANGUAGE .
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