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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Lectures on Language, by William S. Balch This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. Author: William S. Balch Release Date: January 24, 2006 [EBook #17594] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LECTURES ON LANGUAGE *** Produced by Barbara Tozier, Amy Cunningham, Bill Tozier and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES: In this book, as well as using _ to indicate the italic font, the = symbol has been used to show text printed in smaller capital letters in the original printed version. Please see the HTML version for a more accurate reproduction. Bracketed words, such as [the?], were present in the original text. They were not added by the transcriber. Obvious printing errors were repaired; these changes are listed at the end of the text. In ambiguous cases, the text has been left as it appears in the original book. In particular, many mismatched quotation marks have not been changed. LECTURES ON LANGUAGE, AS PARTICULARLY CONNECTED WITH ENGLISH GRAMMAR. DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF TEACHERS AND ADVANCED LEARNERS. BY WM. S. BALCH. Silence is better than unmeaning words.--_Pythagoras._ PROVIDENCE: B. CRANSTON & CO. 1838. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1838, BY B. CRANSTON & CO. In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Rhode-Island. PROVIDENCE, Feb. 24, 1838. TO WM. S. BALCH, SIR--The undersigned, in behalf of the Young People's Institute, hasten to present to you the following _Resolutions_, together with their personal thanks, for the Lectures you have delivered before them, on the Philosophy of Language. The uncommon degree of interest, pleasure and profit, with which you have been listened to, is conclusive evidence, that whoever possesses taste and talents to comprehend and appreciate the philosophy of language, which you have so successfully cultivated, cannot fail to attain a powerful influence over the minds of his audience. The Committee respectfull
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