 | John Smith, George Canning, John Hookham Frere, Robert Percy Smith - 1788 - 476 pages
...a bad omen to the future endeavours of the French Academy. To omit the innumerable inconveniencies attending on every attempt to regulate language; to...and unavoidable, muft concur to the formation of a. languagek An improvement, or corruption of manners; the reduction of a foreign enemy; or an invafion... | |
 | George Canning - 1793 - 270 pages
...a bad omen to the future endeavours of the French Academy. To omit tne innumerable inconveniencies attending on every attempt to regulate language; to...the poffible fuccefs of fuch an attempt, from the abftra&ed probability alone, were to declare it impoffible. A multitude of K 3 cirv 198 THE MICROCOSM.... | |
 | John Smith, George Canning, Robert Percy Smith, John Hookham Frere - 1809 - 192 pages
...were to declare it impossible. A multitude of circumstances, equally unforeseen and unavoidable, must concur to the formation of a language. An improvement,...manners ; the reduction of a foreign enemy; or an invasion from abroad, are circumstances that ultimately, or immediately, tend to produce some change... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1811 - 424 pages
...were to declare it impossible. A multitude of circumstances, equally unforeseen and unavoidable, must concur to the formation of a language. An improvement,...manners ; the reduction of a foreign enemy ; or an invasion from abroad, are circumstances that ultimately, or immediately, tend to produce some change... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 426 pages
...were to declare it impossible. A multitude of circumstances, equally unforeseen and unavoidable, must concur to the formation of a language. An improvement,...manners; the reduction of a foreign enemy ; or an invasion from abroad, are circumstances that ultimately, or immediately, tend to produce some change... | |
 | George Canning - 1825 - 312 pages
...were to declare it impossible. A multitude of circumstances, equally unforeseen' and unavoidable, must concur to the formation of a language. An improvement,...manners ; the reduction of a foreign enemy ; or an invasion from abroad, are circumstances that ultimately, or immediately, tend to produce some change... | |
 | John Hookham Frere, Bartle Frere - 1872 - 662 pages
...were to declare it impossible. A multitude of circumstances, equally unforeseen and unavoidable, must concur to the formation of a language. An improvement,...manners; the reduction of a foreign enemy ; or an invasion from abroad, are circumstances that ultimately or immediately tend to produce some change... | |
 | John Hookham Frere - 1874 - 446 pages
...were to declare it impossible. A multitude of circumstances, equally unforeseen and unavoidable, must concur to the formation of a language. An improvement,...manners ; the reduction of a foreign enemy; or an invasion from abroad, are circumstances that ultimately or immediately tend to produce some change... | |
 | John Hookham Frere - 1874 - 454 pages
...were to declare it impossible. A multitude of circumstances, equally unforeseen and unavoidable, must concur to the formation of a language. An improvement,...manners ; the reduction of a foreign enemy ; or an invasion from abrpad, are circumstances that ultimately or immediately tend to produce some change... | |
| |
To omit the innumerable inconveniences attending on every attempt to regulate language; to judge of the possible success of such an attempt* from the abstracted probability alone, were to declare it impossible. A multitude of circumstances, equally unforeseen... 