LETTER XXIX. 



QUASI AFLARIAN. 



A SINGULAR dictionary might be made, by taking, one after 

 the other, every word in the language, and describing for 

 what infamies, basenesses, crimes, and follies it has furnished 

 man with a pretext. The most sacred and the most respected 

 words, without doubt, would produce the longest articles. 



The name of the Almighty would make rnany volumes: 

 that of liberty, likewise, would not be very concise. 



There is not a word, however insignificant it may appear 

 at first sight, which, if it has succeeded, thanks to its want of 



