Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-09-03
THE GAZETTE.
SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1852

DESTINY uF TIIG ENGLISH LANGt AGE.
The time seems fast approaching when the
Eu2!sh I;,ngUage will exercise osertle other
languages OF the world, "a pred"mnaEce
which cur forcfathers little dreamt Of
When Lrlu Bacon aimedat futur'ty III his
writings, he set himselfto write III Latin:-
II do conceive" he says, that the Latin
volumes. being the universal language, may
l,~t rs long rs books last" Milton-"being
content with these islands as nv world
confined himself in his great works to the
LANGUAGE of these islands: he cared not to DC
once named abroad" though perhaps he
"mnht have attained to that" had he de-
sired it. So little was English literature
known in France two hundred years ago,
that in certain directions given for the ar
raugcment Of library, ali English books
are passed over with the curt observation,
"yix mare transmittunt." According to
Waller it was u browning achievement oi
Cromwell'S vast mind that our language is
spoken even under the tropic.' The Ian
guage of Britain crossed the sea long before
It's literature, for in Swift's time the lltera-
ture is spoken of as being still confined TO
these two islands, DIR. johnson. about a
century ago. when applying to Britain a
P"s>"S' i" III: . I" 'II;,,,ro Ibis nm.
yusta verticibus lateribus latior, parra quH
dam insula eSt'-proceeded toapply to our Is
lands the continuation of the same passage
forDiddinr us 70 hope that its rcnown Will ever
"' ' D w., 60, IL Canoes or the cliffs of
-,
Nv. r o,,r El;y.heth,n pcets. the
~" va, n W." ,.ha ho. hccn sn,ken of As the
$"'.. 80 H. aoe snrr,;sad that better
-t.'''"s VI NC flu No. Aeter lament.
nm We, ~ e ,,,v ..s.o,.o. I;S.nyered
i'T t"a' ''' S ,I. , ". u o. ,ho rost ,f rho
Isle Is :" n''ie INV" '" ' f'I,,ms "
M"r'H' ne eAi'les'v ri !" 'I hannI 0mr s,yi,
w,,i in" ,n '"e Y,rct and narrow limits So;
Ent IN ., tbc melody of our sweet isle
U,,,h,row ~, heard a. Tiber. Arne, and Po;
That they might know how Tar Thames does outgo
The music OF declined Italy!
D.srairinr of its gaining ground i'll Italy
ne (orcsees its triumph in America:
.ybo knows vhiiber we NAV vent
The treasure oc our tongue? To what strange
shores
This gam of our best glory may he sent,
T, enrich umEn"wmG nations WIN our stores
W what worlds IN 'ne YET unaor, ,H,, ar omrs,"
nay No. '""'v i,.' ",';r.,;nns ,ra now fulfled
-. ri r Ia ,rr1,n t,;s n,ssa "a the ENGLISH
"" a',s' nv M "Iante ,I on narrow slip Of
,".5 ~ Wy " t,tnn,, .On,;rsnt Il grew onace
l"'',' va t,.' ana nn,, Tho most snlend;d
,h., #" 'he worIJ has ever seem The entire
'na' 'ne T S n' ,h I,' s,sL certain If the
i'u'nnei VI pSi 49, l,mgno,,es of
l""1u;'seS VI n Huna No, conal to
'""S'"prao'e !l'era'! ~ a,o.n "oar hr IN.
:l'e nu''l'ti s,',p'; 49," =" ,,n:e wbn snsak
Incfr"Se VI PpP"'"o," E,aI.,nd ana AMER
~; ;"e i n,inn ThSrs are ncrsons now living
, . a ,ril n al volatility ace il the yerna,
Mho ' Taa , IL, "m tFo"" Inn1reJ and fftv mil.
E S;a ' az 'r Goth. n;y;l;,ed nonuiatiDn,
,I All, E.oonh ;s .n,ten nv n considerable
A''nousn ie e.. 20 ~ Conods and
prop''r.,on .. 'nI p;.oL S,otes hero ia , iarg.
nd ,"ier,hls comnact hodv Of German sneak.
;' n'Cn.na"s ,Ta,e i.nouo,es must GRADUALLY
,i, en "r"' ns tIe WeIsL and the Gaelic
n" o, " 'no,;od =" avav before tbe English in our