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The Purity
to mark the Bounds of each Language we write in, to point out the distinguishing Characters, and the peculiar Phrases of each Tongue. What Expressions, or Manner of Expressing is common to any Language besides our own, and what is properly and peculiarly our Phrase, and Way of Speaking. For this is to speak or write English in Purity and Perfection, to let the Streams run clear and unmix'd, without taking in other Languages in the Course: In English therefore, I would have all Gallicisms (for Instance) avoided, that our Tongue may be sincere, that we may keep
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