Excerpt from The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 14: From Their Commencement, in 1665, to the Year 1800, Abridged, With Notes and Biographic Illustrations; From 1776 to 1780The grammatical variations, the Syntax, and the genius of the language, must in this, as well as in several other modern European tongues, have been derived from the Celtic it being well known, that the frequent use of articles, the dis tinction of cases by prepositions, the application of 2 auxiliaries III the conjuga tion, do by no means agree with the Latin turn of expression; though a late French academician, who hath taken great pains to prove that the Gallic Ro mance was solely derived from the Roman, quotes several instances in which even the most classical writers have in this respect offended the purity of that refined language. It cannot here be denied, that as new ideas always require new Signs to express them, some foreign words, and perhaps phrases, must necessarily, from time to time, have insinuated themselves into the Romansh by the military and some commercial intercourse of the Grisons with other nations; and this accounts for several modern German Words which are now incorporated into the language of the Engadinefi The little connection there is in mountainous countries between the inhabit ants of the different valleys, and the absolute independence of each jurisdiction in this district, which still lessens the frequency of their intercourse, also ac counts, in a great measure, for the variety of secondary dialects subsisting in almost every different community or even village.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy.

In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.