Of the Origin and Progress of Language, 4. ciltJ. Balfour, Edinburgh; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, London., 1787 |
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accents acute accent afpirated alfo almoſt alſo antient aſpirated Barbarous languages beauty befides beſt betwixt cafes called Chap Cicero compofed compofition defect Demofthenes diftinction diphthongs diſtinguiſh divifion Engliſh expreffed expreffion faid fame fecond fect fenfe fhall fhort fhould fignifying fingle firſt flexion fome words fometimes fpeak ftile ftill ftudy fubject fuch fure fyftem fyllables greater greateſt Greek language guage Halicarnaffian Herodotus hiftory himſelf Homer impoffible Latin language lefs likewife loft melody modern Greek moft moſt mufic muft muſic muſt mute confonants nouns obferved paffive participle perfect language perfon perfuaded philofophical pleaſant pleaſe poffible pofition praiſe prefent profe pronounce pronunciation publiſhed purpoſe reaſon refpect rhythm riety Sanfcrit ſays ſcience ſenſe ſhort ſhown ſome ſpeak ſpeech ſpoken ſtate tenfes termination thefe ther theſe things thofe thoſe tion tones uſe variety of arrangement verb verfe voice vowels wonderful
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