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ENGLISH LANGUAGES

IN WHICH THE

WORDS ARE DEDUCED FROM THEIR ORIGINALS,

and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers.

TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED,

A HISTORY OF THE LANGUAGE,

AND

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