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This circumstance nourished an emulation between the correspondents in purity of diction and elegance of expression ; for it is evident , in their perusal , that in many cases their Latin letters were composed as proofs of the ...
This circumstance nourished an emulation between the correspondents in purity of diction and elegance of expression ; for it is evident , in their perusal , that in many cases their Latin letters were composed as proofs of the ...
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among the rarities of various libraries in Italy , France , Germany , and England , for manuscript copies of his letters . In this enter- prise he was signally successful . In the Riccardi library at Flo- rence , as he informs us ...
among the rarities of various libraries in Italy , France , Germany , and England , for manuscript copies of his letters . In this enter- prise he was signally successful . In the Riccardi library at Flo- rence , as he informs us ...
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But it does not follow from what has been stated , that letters are not derivable from ideagraphic signs , because the Egyptians in ancient and the Chinese in modern times have not had the ingenuity or the good fortune to make the ...
But it does not follow from what has been stated , that letters are not derivable from ideagraphic signs , because the Egyptians in ancient and the Chinese in modern times have not had the ingenuity or the good fortune to make the ...
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Sir Thomas Brownes Works including his Life | 1 |
Narrative of a Residence in Koordistan and on the site | 35 |
Poggii Epistolæ Editas collegit et emendavit pleras | 60 |
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