. An essay upon literature: or, An enquiry into the antiquity and original of letters; proving that the two tables, written by the finger of God in Mount Sinai, was the first writing in the world, and that all other alphabets derive from the Hebrew ; with a short view of the methods made use of by the antients to supply the want of letters before, and improve the use of them, after they were known . vpr ESSAY UPON LITERATURE: O R, An Enquiry into the Antiquity andOriginal of LETTERS; PROVING That the two Tables, written by the Finger ofGod in Mount Sinai^ was the firft Writingin the World j an
. An essay upon literature: or, An enquiry into the antiquity and original of letters; proving that the two tables, written by the finger of God in Mount Sinai, was the first writing in the world, and that all other alphabets derive from the Hebrew ; with a short view of the methods made use of by the antients to supply the want of letters before, and improve the use of them, after they were known . vpr ESSAY UPON LITERATURE: O R, An Enquiry into the Antiquity andOriginal of LETTERS; PROVING That the two Tables, written by the Finger ofGod in Mount Sinai^ was the firft Writingin the World j and that all other Alphabetsderive from the Hebrew. With a fhort View of the Methods inade ufe of \>jthe Antients, to fupply the want of Letters be-fore, and improve the ufe of them, after therwere known jitpp*^t*6*unM-&* t>y f& flztmtu «> <*<% ^ ,,.,« +£& tLtyalta*t*qU&b£li•Teeter«V <Xcjid«f LONDON; Printed for T H o. Bowles, Printfcller, next to th«Chapter-Houfe, St. Fault Church-Yard * John Clark,Bookfeller, under the Piazzas, Royal-Exchange, and]ohn Bowles, PrintfelUr, ov6r-againft Stock* X4U D3Ut C « ] ^. *.rzsm-^£^£-i{<■* rr nrnf^tnyn »>»»^j?yi. A N ESSAY On the Original of Literature, &c. T is fomething ftrange, that amongthe abundance of Writers in theWorld, and the multitude of Au-thors who have publinYd their La-bours for the inftrudtion of Man-kind in this Age, not one has thought itworth while to give any lignificant Accountof the Art by which all their Works are per-formd -, and by which indeed all manner ofScience is conveyd from Age to Age, and hand-ed down from our Anceftors to this Day ^ Imean that of Writing,essayuponliterat00defo
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