Language and languages - Early works to 1800
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A postscript to the origin of language and nations Containing a farther illustration of languages, a plan for the restoration of the primitive one, and a demonstration of its utility and importance, as an universal language and a general key to knowledge; with various specimens of its powers on ancient authors, coins, tenures, policy, names, and other things. By Row. Jones.
Jones, Rowland, 1722-1774.Date: [1768?]- E-books
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A Discourse in praise of St. David, the saint and patron of the Welsh
Date: MDCCIV. [1704]- E-books
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Philological view of some very ancient words in several languages
Collin, Nils, 1746-1831.Date: 1798]- E-books
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A letter from the Archbishop of Cambray to the French Academy Concerning rhetoric, poetry, history: and a comparison between the antients and moderns.
Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe-, 1651-1715.Date: MDCCL. [1750]- E-books
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The theory of moral sentiments , or, an essay towards an analysis of the principles by which men naturally judge concerning the conduct and character, first of their neighbours, and afterwards of themselves. To which is added, A Dissertation on the Origin of Languages. By Adam Smith LL.D.
Smith, Adam, 1723-1790.Date: MDCCLXXXI. [1781]