The Sources of Standard English (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Garnett is as far above that of Horne Tooke as Ste phenson's engine outstrips Pharaoh's chariot. It is a loss to mankind that Garnett has left so little behind him. He seems to have been the nearest approach England ever made to bringing forth a Mezzofanti, and he combined in himself qualities not often found in the same man. When his toilsome industry is amassing facts, he plods like a German; when his playful wit is unmasking quackery, he flashes like a Frenchman. He it was who first called attention to the varying dialects of England and who first en deavoured to classify them. This work has since his death been most ably achieved by Dr. Morris.

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