Excerpt from Of the Origin and Progress of Language, Vol. 3
Of the fecond part of fiyle, viz. Compofition -this confidered, firft, with refpeé't to found - That diverfified in the learned languages by muficai tones and rhythms, which we have hot - The found, there fore, in our compofition, can only be va ried by the order of the words, and by pe riods-each of thefe confidered, and illuf trated by examples.
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