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u On the Originality of the Classic Writers" (p, 

 275) ; "An Essay descriptive of a Chart of 

 " Ten Numerals in two hundred Tongues ; On 

 " the first peopling of Greece and Italy, Europe 

 " and Asia, &c. their parental tongues, or 

 " rather dialects of one speech" (p. 327) ; and 

 " Thoughts on the perusal of the Rev. F. 

 " Wrangham's Sermon on the hest method of 

 " translating the Christian Scriptures into the 

 "Languages of India, and the East" (p. 438), 

 In addition to these works, which amply display 

 the profound learning of their author, Mr. Pa- 

 trick wrote two erudite Essays, which were 

 printed by Mr. Barker, in his edition of Cicero 

 de Amicitia et Senectute, the first being on 

 " the extinction of the Latin Language, and its* 

 " successor, the Provencal, or Romance," and 

 the second being " A Brief History of the 

 " Latin Tongue, its Greek or ./Eolian origin in 

 " Asia and Lydia, the Greek origin of its Letters, 

 " the Causes of its death, and its successor, the 

 " Provenal." In 1812, Mr. Patrick published 

 his Chart of Ten Numerals in two hundred 

 Tongues, and the Essay descriptive of it, which had 

 appeared in the Classical Journal, in a separate 

 volume in octavo, with a learned preface. About 

 the same time, his friend, Mr. Barker, edited a 

 work of his, under the title of " Geographical, 

 " Commercial, and Political Essays, including 



