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... language , which of all others is best supplied with works of wise and good men , and in which are writings most ... English language would deteriorate in the hands of one who had not acquired it as a first element of his nature . Our ...
... language , which of all others is best supplied with works of wise and good men , and in which are writings most ... English language would deteriorate in the hands of one who had not acquired it as a first element of his nature . Our ...
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... English language India will receive from her conquerors and legislators an intellectual treasure far more valuable than all she has in her power to give in exchange . As the natives in India appear never to have risen above a semi ...
... English language India will receive from her conquerors and legislators an intellectual treasure far more valuable than all she has in her power to give in exchange . As the natives in India appear never to have risen above a semi ...
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... language and a paucity of proper words will impose . Translations made by natives who understand the English tongue will possess both an ease and vigour which will rarely if ever be found in that of a foreigner ; because his mind has ...
... language and a paucity of proper words will impose . Translations made by natives who understand the English tongue will possess both an ease and vigour which will rarely if ever be found in that of a foreigner ; because his mind has ...
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... language of some highly - polished and well - informed people , the first ... English appears in these respects equally as important , if not more so , to ... English language by them , may be considered one golden link in the chain of ...
... language of some highly - polished and well - informed people , the first ... English appears in these respects equally as important , if not more so , to ... English language by them , may be considered one golden link in the chain of ...
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... English Bible now admitted as the authorised version , be better than any one made by a foreigner into the same language , nor need we for a moment hesitate in pronouncing that the present translation , or any one equal to it , could ...
... English Bible now admitted as the authorised version , be better than any one made by a foreigner into the same language , nor need we for a moment hesitate in pronouncing that the present translation , or any one equal to it , could ...
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