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“ It must be owned , that our language is , at present , in a state of anarchy , and hitherto . perhaps , it may not have ... have been imported , adopted , and naturalised from other languages , which have greatly enriched our own .
“ It must be owned , that our language is , at present , in a state of anarchy , and hitherto . perhaps , it may not have ... have been imported , adopted , and naturalised from other languages , which have greatly enriched our own .
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The natives have had little leisure and little encouragement for inquiry ; and strangers , not knowing the language , have had no ability . “ I have long wished that the Irish literature were cultivated . Ireland is known by tradition ...
The natives have had little leisure and little encouragement for inquiry ; and strangers , not knowing the language , have had no ability . “ I have long wished that the Irish literature were cultivated . Ireland is known by tradition ...
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I am not very willing that any language should be totally extinguished . The similitude and derivation of languages afford the most indubitable proof of the traduction of nations , and the genealogy of mankind .
I am not very willing that any language should be totally extinguished . The similitude and derivation of languages afford the most indubitable proof of the traduction of nations , and the genealogy of mankind .
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