Lectures on Language, as Particularly Connected with English Grammar.

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PROVIDENCE: B. CRANSTON & CO. 1838.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1838,
By B. Cranston & Co.
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Rhode-Island.

Providence, Feb. 24, 1838.
To Wm. S. Balch,
Sir—The undersigned, in behalf of the Young People's Institute, hasten to present to you the following Resolutions , together with their personal thanks, for the Lectures you have delivered before them, on the Philosophy of Language. The uncommon degree of interest, pleasure and profit, with which you have been listened to, is conclusive evidence, that whoever possesses taste and talents to comprehend and appreciate the philosophy of language, which you have so successfully cultivated, cannot fail to attain a powerful influence over the minds of his audience. The Committee respectfully request you to favor them with a copy of your Lectures for the Press.