A Dictionary of the Art of PrintingLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1841 - 815 páginas |
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... language , in preference to the more easy , but less correct method , of copying the letters from any indifferent book printed in the characters of the respective languages . I have confined myself to those languages of which the ...
... language , in preference to the more easy , but less correct method , of copying the letters from any indifferent book printed in the characters of the respective languages . I have confined myself to those languages of which the ...
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... language may not have the attractions that are presented by the writings of many authors of the present day , whose chief study is elegance of expression ; but do we not , by adopting this flowery style , lose in clearness , in strength ...
... language may not have the attractions that are presented by the writings of many authors of the present day , whose chief study is elegance of expression ; but do we not , by adopting this flowery style , lose in clearness , in strength ...
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... language , and is pronounced like a double n , or rather like ni ; but short and quick , as in España . It is a sort which is used in the middle of words , but rarely at the beginning . In the Welsh language , ŵ and ŷ , as well as the ...
... language , and is pronounced like a double n , or rather like ni ; but short and quick , as in España . It is a sort which is used in the middle of words , but rarely at the beginning . In the Welsh language , ŵ and ŷ , as well as the ...
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... language , and , in- deed , of every other language , would contain a number of letters , precisely equal to the number of simple articulate sounds belonging to the language . Every simple sound would have its distinct character ; and ...
... language , and , in- deed , of every other language , would contain a number of letters , precisely equal to the number of simple articulate sounds belonging to the language . Every simple sound would have its distinct character ; and ...
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... languages whatever . Clavius the Jesuit , who also computes these combinations , makes them to be only 5,852,616,738,497,664,000 . As there are more sounds in some languages than in others , it follows of course that the number of ...
... languages whatever . Clavius the Jesuit , who also computes these combinations , makes them to be only 5,852,616,738,497,664,000 . As there are more sounds in some languages than in others , it follows of course that the number of ...
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