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Excerpt from Specimens of Composition in Prose and Verse, Latin, French, and English
The author ventures to think that he is entitled, to some extent, to speak as a Witness on the comparative use of the Latin and French languages. This, it is true, leaves untouched the important subject of the great Greek languages, and the author must leave What he may have to say on the possibility of main taining Greek, - With its German satellite, - ih its pre sent pride of place, to be taken for What it may seem to be worth. The Latin specimens in the following pages te quire no explanation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
