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60. Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.

A proposal for correcting, improving and ascertaining the English tongue; : in a letter to the most honourable Robert Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain. (London : printed for Benj. Tooke, 1712)

60. Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. A proposal for correcting, improving and ascertaining the English tongue

This was a serious proposal made to establish an "Academy for correcting and settling out language" along French lines.

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