A Proposal for Correcting, Improving, and Ascertaining the English Tongue (1712) [ Concepts ]
… before. The Grecians spread their colonies round all the coasts of Asia Mirnor , even to the Northern parts lying towards the Euxine , in every island of the Ægæan sea, and several others in the Mediterranean; where the language was … successor, who, among many other qualifications of an excellent prince, was a great patron of learning. From the civil war to this present time, I am apt to doubt whether the corruptions in our language have not at least equalled the … rays of the sun, and fence against the northern blasts, we sometimes by the help of a good soil equal the production of warmer countries, who have no need to be at so much cost and care. It it the same thing with respect to the politer arts …
Corruption | Eloquence
Anthology