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ORIGIN

OF

THE ENGLISH,

GERMANIC AND SCANDINAVIAN LANGUAGES

AND NATIONS.

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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 MESO-GOTHS TO THE PRESENT TIME, ICELANDIC,
NORWEGIAN, AND SWEDISH;

TRACING THE PROGRESS OF THESE LANGUAGES, AND THEIR CONNEXION WITH
MODERN ENGLISH:

TOGETHER WITH

REMARKS ON THE ORIENTAL ORIGIN OF ALPHABETIC WRITING,

AND ITS EXTENSION TO THE WEST.

A MAP OF EUROPEAN LANGUAGES

IS PREFIXED,

WITH NOTES, ON THE PROGRESSIVE POPULATION OF EUROPE FROM THE EAST, BY
THE IBERIANS, FINNS, CELTS, AND GERMANS, ESPECIALLY REFERRING TO

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