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 may have taken away a great part of the Strength of the Tongue, which, in the main, is true enough, yet that is no Objection against their Critical Skill in Grammar; upon which Account only their Labours are here taken notice of. So much for the Mechanical Part of Grammar.

Philosophical Grammar was never, that we know of, much minded by the Ancients. So that any great Performances of this sort are to be looked upon as Modern Increases to the Commonwealth of Learning. The most considerable Book of that kind, that I know of, is Bishop Wilkins's Essay towards a Real Character, and Philosophical Language: A Work, which those who have studied, think they can never commend enough. To this one ought to add, what may be found relating to the same Subject, in the Third Book of Mr. Lock's Essay of Humane Understanding.