"Nomic" Quotes from Famous Books
... now commenced a dissertation on the beauties of the Latin language, the origin of which he traced into the ancient Celtic, which, judging from its Nomic melody, he should say bore a trite and common resemblance to that now spoken in Wales, Ireland, and the Highlands of Scotland; and which, notwithstanding the authorities to the contrary, he firmly believed was introduced first into his country by ... — The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter • "Pheleg Van Trusedale" |