A dissertation on the influence of opinions on language and of language on opinions, which gained the Prussian Royal Academy's prize on that subject. Containing many curious particulars in philology, natural history, and the scriptural phraseology. Together with an enquiry into the advantages and practicability of an universal learned language / by Mr. Michaelis, court-counsellor to his Britannic majesty, and director of the Royal Society at Goettingen, 1769

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Pamphlets collected and studied by Noah Webster. Among the topics are politics, religion, science, and medicine. The pamphlets are thought to have been useful to Webster as sources of American linguistic practice, as well as for his own edification. The pamphlets were bound by Case, Lockwood & Brainard printers of Hartford, and donated to the Hartford Library Association some time in the 19th century.