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Rh to our own Language, and not follow the French Mode in our Speech, as we do in our Cloaths. It is convenient and proﬁtable sometimes to import a Foreign Word, and naturalize the Phrase of another Nation; but this is very sparingly to be allowed, and every Syllable of Foreign Growth ought immediately to be discarded, if its Use and Ornament to our Language be not very evident.

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