Category: American Literature

Dissertations on the English Language, with Notes, Historical and Critical; to Which is Added, by Way of Appendix, an Essay on a Reformed Mode of Spelling, With Dr. Franklin's Arguments on that Subject

Webster, Noah, 1758-1843· 3 chapters· 70,276 words

"It is nearly the same here as in physics, where motion, the source of life, becomes the principle of destruction. When a language abounds with original writers in every kind, the more a person is endowed with abilities, the more difficult he thinks it will be to surpass them....

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3. letter 2.

The author doubtless intended these sentences to be strictly grammatical, by placing the verbs in the present tense of the subjunctive. But in the first example, _be_ is wrong e...

1. Part 2.

"It is nearly the same here as in physics, where motion, the source of life, becomes the principle of destruction. When a language abounds with original writers in every kind, t...

2. letter 4.

Late writers seem to consider _riches_ as plural; but erroneously. It is merely a contraction of _richesse_, the French singular, which was probably introduced into England unde...