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... Erse , as was lately done at Edin- burgh , when there is an Irish translation ? ” BOSWELL : " 6 Althoughi the Erse and Irish are both dialects of the same language , there may a good deal of diversity between them , as between the ...
... Erse , as was lately done at Edin- burgh , when there is an Irish translation ? ” BOSWELL : " 6 Althoughi the Erse and Irish are both dialects of the same language , there may a good deal of diversity between them , as between the ...
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... Erse language , which was reported to be preserved somewhere in those regions . But when there came forth an Epic Poem in six books , with all the common circumstances of former compositions of that nature ; and when , upon an attentive ...
... Erse language , which was reported to be preserved somewhere in those regions . But when there came forth an Epic Poem in six books , with all the common circumstances of former compositions of that nature ; and when , upon an attentive ...
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... Erse manu- scripts . None of the old families had a single letter in Erse that we heard of . You say it is likely that they could write . The learned , if any learned there were , could ; but knowing , by that learning , some written ...
... Erse manu- scripts . None of the old families had a single letter in Erse that we heard of . You say it is likely that they could write . The learned , if any learned there were , could ; but knowing , by that learning , some written ...
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Death of Johnsons FatherIntercourse with Society in Lichfield Gilbert Walmesley | 30 |
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