Remains of Japhet: Being Historical Enquiries Into the Affinity and Origin of the European Languagesauthor: and sold, 1767 - 419 páginas |
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Página xi
... letters , in Ireland , before Patrick ; but this , too , will , I flatter my- self , appear a very futile affertion , before the following work is finifhed . I HOLD it an indifpenfable duty , in pursuing this fub- ject , to vindicate ...
... letters , in Ireland , before Patrick ; but this , too , will , I flatter my- self , appear a very futile affertion , before the following work is finifhed . I HOLD it an indifpenfable duty , in pursuing this fub- ject , to vindicate ...
Página xviii
... another enquiry of great im- portance , in the pursuit of the affinity and origin of lan- guages . Something was to be done concerning alphabets , and and the invention of letters , which has occupied the xviii PREFACE .
... another enquiry of great im- portance , in the pursuit of the affinity and origin of lan- guages . Something was to be done concerning alphabets , and and the invention of letters , which has occupied the xviii PREFACE .
Página xix
... letters , which has occupied the heads and pens of many learned men . They generally have ftopped contentedly , where Herodotus led them to the com- pany of Cadmus , and gave it up , that he was the inventer of letters ; and that men ...
... letters , which has occupied the heads and pens of many learned men . They generally have ftopped contentedly , where Herodotus led them to the com- pany of Cadmus , and gave it up , that he was the inventer of letters ; and that men ...
Página xxii
... letters , and some account of the Pelafgi . This could not fail of giving me the highest pleasure , be- cause it is the very subject I have been several years confi- dering , of which two - thirds of my historical enquiries were now ...
... letters , and some account of the Pelafgi . This could not fail of giving me the highest pleasure , be- cause it is the very subject I have been several years confi- dering , of which two - thirds of my historical enquiries were now ...
Página xxiii
... character in the republic of letters , cannot fail of adding weight to any thing I can produce , and giving it credit with the learned world . *** ******* ****** *** *** CON- 44 CONTENT S. TE CHAP . I. HE firft migrations PREFACE . xiii.
... character in the republic of letters , cannot fail of adding weight to any thing I can produce , and giving it credit with the learned world . *** ******* ****** *** *** CON- 44 CONTENT S. TE CHAP . I. HE firft migrations PREFACE . xiii.
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