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    【】notsubjeesyoluldbe

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    nfuspossibleafterthelapseofathousandyears.theideathatthe

    nfusuldhavebeeunreadableihturyofourerais

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    believinginthe”descripts”hholarswho

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    aparativelyuniortantevolutionoffor,ustlargelyatforthe

    hypnotids.

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    authorofahundredyearsagould,bythatverytraining,readhethirteenth,

    tenthorsehatadeartistappreciate

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    theheritagehavebeensopoindhavebeenso

    ivea,hadthatpastbeenlessreadilyuood

    onewonders.

    yetinanotherheuseofthetershelpedinthecreationofafairlystable

    literarylanguage,quitedifferentfrohespokenlanguage,andrathertoodifficultfor

    theaveragesaster.iripturallythe

    gesandidioofalivinglanguage,thelanguageofbols,bybeing

    lessdepeuponsounds,aandgraar.itdid

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    strusulatedbyliteraryactsfrohe

    etohaveanindeperealityofitsown,

    subjectreorlesstoliteraryfashions.

    astion,thisdiscrepaheliterarylanguageandtheliving

    languageoftheagebecagreateraer,untiltodaythestudyofthea

    languageis,inpointofpsyilartothe

    leaingofafntoheesepeople.thelawsofordinary

    senteructuredifferbetheliteraryandthespokenlanguage,sothatone

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    sitthesaidiotidersaswhenenglish

    schoolboyssayjevoisvousinleaingfrench.justasinleaingafnlanguage

    averyextensiveacquaintahatlanguageisnecessarybeforeonereally

    stertheordinaryidio,sointhepraeofingaese,yearsoforal

    repetitionandreadingofsterpieienyearsarerequiredbeforeone

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    independensoulyaelerateditsnosyllabicquality.

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    nosyllabiakesthe

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    hu”oldtiger”todistingui**aurallyfrodozenothera,butining,the

    uchre

    nosyllabithespokenlanguage,sisbasisisvisualandnotaural.

    frohisextrenosyllabishendevelopedaretersenessofstyle,

    itatedinthespokenlanguagehouttheriskofunintelligibility,

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    chastheenglish

    language,orinanyspokenlanguage.yof

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    poets,eseasteryofthis

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    ntalhabitoftheese.

    thensequentdiffiitationoflitera

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    ionofesesocietyandthe

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