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Rhetoricians have usually introduced their pupils to a knowledge of their art, by some history of the Origin and progress of language. Accordingly, in this volume, the Au thor has followed a precedent, which theworld has long ap proved The first book treats of the origin and structure 'of those external-signs, which are used, as names, attributes, or actions Of objects; or to denote the various Operations Of the mental faculties, with which it is our business to become acquainted.
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