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INTRODUCTION. xvii
remaining monuments of a language
unmixed with any foreign idiom, a
phenomenon not to be met with else-
where, at this day, in Western Europe,
seem to present an important subject
of speculation to philosophic minds.
It is only necessary to add, that, in
the few translations of passages cited
from ancient authors, which it has been
sometimes thouglit proper to give, fi-
delity to the original has been studied,
more than elegance of expression.