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Some Enquiries Concerning The First Inhabitants Language, Religion, Learning And Letters Of Europe (1758) - Tapa blanda

A Member Of The Society Of Antiquaries; Wise, Francis

 
9781104306526: Some Enquiries Concerning The First Inhabitants Language, Religion, Learning And Letters Of Europe (1758)
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ISBN 10: 1104306522 ISBN 13: 9781104306526
Editorial: Kessinger Publishing, 2009

Sinopsis

Some Enquiries Concerning The First Inhabitants Language, Religion, Learning And Letters Of Europe is a book written in 1758 by an anonymous author who was a member of the Society of Antiquaries. The book explores the origins of European civilization, focusing on the earliest inhabitants of the continent and their language, religion, learning, and use of letters. The author examines the evidence from ancient texts, archaeological finds, and other sources to piece together a picture of the earliest Europeans and their way of life. The book is a fascinating look at the roots of European culture and society, and provides valuable insights into the history of the continent.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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Reseña del editor

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

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Of the Firfl I nhabitants, Language, the feme country, feme men pronounce their words broader, loiter, harder, quicker or flower, than others: and forae are unable to pronounce this or that letter. Thefe accidents, by example and imitation, bring on a change of vowels and confonants; whence a language foon becomes very unlike to what it was at flrft. But when we add to this the increafe of words, which new arts, new cuftoms, produced; the privilege mankind has always taken of lengthning or abridging words at pleafure; the care that fome nations took to improve their language; to add harmony to their periods, by compound words, by lonorous terminations, inflexions of nouns and verbs, and other properties of grammar and rhetorick :T hofe, which were only dialects before, are now fo difguifed, that they become different languages. P. .T he origin of the different languages f JrL Europe muft be fought for among the Cvery firfr. inhabitants. If Europe was peopled, as it feems to have been, before the invention of (i) Shipping, or at leaft before the art was grown com(i) The Ark of Noah, which fome have thought was defigned for a fample of ihip-building, was wrought in an inland country, and might be a proof, and memorial, that people had faved themfelves upon the water in time of a deluge ;an event, which they had reafon to expect, would never happen again, and therefore it could be no fubject For imitation. Shipping was certainly the invention of a maritime people, not found out till ages after the Hood ,and probably in the I fles or the A- gean lea :nor could it be brought to any tolerable perfection, till long after the dilperfion of mankind. The firfl great fleets we hear of, were thofe of Saturn and Minos, both in Crete; but the firfl: navigations were made in hollowed trees, boats, and fmall veflels, by coafting near the Jhoar, and it was long before men ve
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Editorial
Kessinger Publishing
Año de publicación
2009
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1104306522
ISBN 13 
9781104306526
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
152
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