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    Thoughts on the origin, and on the most rational and natural method of teaching the languages With some observations on the necessity of one universal language for all works of science. By John Williams, LL.D.

    Williams, John, 1727-1798. | Date: M.DCC.LXXXIII. [1783]
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    La longue marche du genre humain : de la bipédie à la parole / Jean-Louis Heim.

    Jean-Louis Heim | Date: [2013]
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    Music and the origins of language : theories from the French Enlightenment / Downing A. Thomas.

    Thomas, Downing A. | Date: 1995
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    An essay on the study of antiquities . To which are added some cursory remarks on the origin of language in general, and of the Greek language in particular.

    Burgess, Thomas, 1756-1837. | Date: MDCCLXXXI. [1781]
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