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Dobrovsky published his Institutiones Linguæ Slavicæ
In the year 1822, Dobrovsky published his Institutiones Linguæ Slavicæ dialecti vcteris , a grammatical work which, like all the productions of this distinguished scholar, throws a new light upon the subject, and renders all former works of a similar character useless.
— from Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations With a Sketch of Their Popular Poetry by Talvj

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