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" Its highly spiritual genius, and wonderfully happy development and condition, have been the result of a surprisingly intimate union of the two noblest languages in modern Europe, the Teutonic and the Romance. "
Haydn's Dictionary of Dates: Relating to All Ages and Nations, for Universal ... - Page 236
by Joseph Haydn, Benjamin Vincent - 1874 - 930 pages
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The National Magazine: Devoted to Literature, Art, and Religion, Volume 7

Abel Stevens, James Floy - Periodicals - 1855 - 586 pages
...Mountain of Usdum." GIÎIMM, the distinguished German philologist, says : — " The Euglish language possesses a veritable power of expression, such as perhaps never stood at the command of any other language of men. ° c ° Its highly spirit; ual genius and wonderfully happy development and...
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English Past and Present

Richard Chenevix Trench - English language - 1855 - 232 pages
...grudge to hear quoted, and with which I shall bring this lecture to a close. After ascribing to it " a veritable power of expression, such as perhaps never stood at the command of any other language of men," he goes on to say, "Its highly spiritual genius, and wonderfully happy development...
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On the study of words, 5 lectures

Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin.) - 1855 - 810 pages
...hear quoted, and with which I shall bring this lecture to a close. After ascribing to our language " a veritable power of expression, such as perhaps never stood at the command of any other language of men," he goes on to say, " Its highly spiritual genius,and wonderfully happy development...
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English Past and Present

Richard Chenevix Trench - English language - 1855 - 240 pages
...grudge to hear quoted, and with which I shall bring this lecture to a close. After ascribing to it " a veritable power of expression, such as perhaps never stood at the command of any other language of men," he goes on to say, " Its highly spiritual genius, and wonderfully happy development...
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English Past and Present

Richard Chenevix Trench - English language - 1855 - 238 pages
...grudge to hear quoted, and with which I shall bring this lecture to a close. After ascribing to it " a veritable power of expression, such as perhaps never stood at the command of any other language of men," he goes on to say, ".Its highly spiritual genius, and wonderfully happy development...
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English, Past and Present: Five Lectures

Richard Chenevix Trench - English language - 1855 - 278 pages
...grudge to hear quoted, and with which I shall bring this lecture to a close. After ascribing to it " a veritable power of expression, such as perhaps never stood at the command of any other language of men," he goes on to say, " Its highly spiritual genius, and wonderfully happy development...
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English Past and Present

Richard Chenevix Trench - English language - 1855 - 240 pages
...grudge to hear quoted, and with which I shall bring this lecture to a close. After ascribing to it " a veritable power of expression, such as perhaps never stood at the command of any other language of men,J' he goes on to say, " Its highly spiritual genius, and wonderfully happy development...
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The Ecclesiastic [afterw.] The Theologian and ecclesiastic ..., Volume 17

1855 - 606 pages
...grudge to hear quoted, and with which I shall bring this lecture to a close. After ascribing to it 'a veritable power of expression, such as perhaps never stood at the command of any other language of men/ he goes on to say, ' Its highly spiritual genius, and wonderfully happy development...
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English style

George Frederick Graham - English language - 1857 - 416 pages
...subject. Jacob Grimm, in his work " On the Origin of Language," has the following passage : " English possesses a veritable power of expression, such as perhaps never stood at the command of any other language of men. Its highly spiritual genius, and wonderfully happy development and condition,...
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On the English Language: Past and Present

Richard Chenevix Trench - English language - 1858 - 252 pages
...hear quoted, and with which I shall bring this lecture to a close. After ascribing to our language " a veritable power of expression," such as perhaps never stood at the command of any other language of men," he goes on to say : " Its highly spiritual genius, and wonderfully happy development...
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