Joseph Henri de Premare
Published: 2017-05-14
Total Pages: 348
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Excerpt from The Notitia Linguae Sinicae of Premare: Translated Into English A few sentences which seemed to be of no practical utility have been omitted, together With a large part of the author's Introduction, including the Appendix containing a list of the various sounds in the language. The order of the characters, in the body of the book, has also been changed, so as to read from left to right. In translating, rt has been the intention to present, for the most part, as nearly as pos sible the meaning of the author. Deviations from the original sense have, however, been made in a few instances, in order to correspond more perfectly with the exact shape of idea in the Chinese. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.