Joseph Bosworth
Published: 2017-05-28
Total Pages: 228
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Excerpt from The Origin of the English, Germanic and Scandinavian Languages and Nations: With a Sketch of Their Early Literature and Short Chronological Specimens of Anglo-Saxon, Friesic, Flemish, Dutch, German From the Moeso-Goths to the Present Time, Icelandic, Norwegian, and SwedishLanguage, philosophically considered, is not only a safe guide in tracing the origin and affinity of nations, but an important auxiliary in bearing its testimony to the truth of revelation. In the latter point of view, a clergyman cannot be out of his legitimate province, when investigating the origin and structure of languages.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.