Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.H. Washbourne, 1857 - 580 pages |
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... languages , to be farther informed of the revolution of a people so ancient , and once so illustrious . " What relation there is between the Welsh and Irish language , or between the language of Ireland and that of Biscay , de- serves ...
... languages , to be farther informed of the revolution of a people so ancient , and once so illustrious . " What relation there is between the Welsh and Irish language , or between the language of Ireland and that of Biscay , de- serves ...
Page 494
... language ; - JOHNSON : " It must have come by inspi- ration . A thousand , nay , a million of chil- dren could not invent a language . While the organs are pliable , there is not under- standing enough to form a language : by the time ...
... language ; - JOHNSON : " It must have come by inspi- ration . A thousand , nay , a million of chil- dren could not invent a language . While the organs are pliable , there is not under- standing enough to form a language : by the time ...
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... language , has assured me , that Johnson could give a Greek word for almost every English one ; and that al- though not sufficiently conversant in the niceties of the language , he , upon some oc- casions , discovered , even in these ...
... language , has assured me , that Johnson could give a Greek word for almost every English one ; and that al- though not sufficiently conversant in the niceties of the language , he , upon some oc- casions , discovered , even in these ...
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