... admitting among the additions of later times, only such as may supply real deficiencies, such as are readily adopted by the genius of our tongue, and incorporate easily with our native idioms. The Quarterly Review - Page 303edited by - 1834Full view - About this book
| David Graddol, Dick Leith, Joan Swann - 1996 - 406 pages
...ftile, admitting among the additions of later times, only fuch as may fupply real deficiencies, fuch as are readily adopted by the genius of our tongue, and incorporate eafily with our native idioms. But as every language has a time of rudenefs antecedent to perfection,... | |
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