A Compendious History of English Literature and of the English Language, from the Norman Conquest, Volym 1Griffin, Bohn, 1861 - 593 sidor |
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... least in a state of association , without speech than they could without eating or without breathing . It is the natural , the spontaneous , the inevitable result of their organization . Language , that is , not merely the utterance of ...
... least in a state of association , without speech than they could without eating or without breathing . It is the natural , the spontaneous , the inevitable result of their organization . Language , that is , not merely the utterance of ...
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... least of the Welsh , has been attempted to be given , than that , as their own traditions and records are unanimous in asserting , they are the remnants of the races by which the two islands were occupied when they first attracted the ...
... least of the Welsh , has been attempted to be given , than that , as their own traditions and records are unanimous in asserting , they are the remnants of the races by which the two islands were occupied when they first attracted the ...
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... least in the main , a translation from a much older Welsh original . The Laws of Howel Dha , who reigned in South Wales in the early part of the tenth century , have been printed with a Latin translation , by Wotton , in his Leges ...
... least in the main , a translation from a much older Welsh original . The Laws of Howel Dha , who reigned in South Wales in the early part of the tenth century , have been printed with a Latin translation , by Wotton , in his Leges ...
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... least in respect of language , more nearly akin to the Dutch and the Flemings than we are to the Germans . It may even be doubted if the English language ought not to be regarded as having more of a Scandinavian than of a purely ...
... least in respect of language , more nearly akin to the Dutch and the Flemings than we are to the Germans . It may even be doubted if the English language ought not to be regarded as having more of a Scandinavian than of a purely ...
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... least since the middle of the fifth century . It was then , as we have seen , that the first settlers by whom it was spoken established themselves in the country of which their descendants have ever since retained possession . Call them ...
... least since the middle of the fifth century . It was then , as we have seen , that the first settlers by whom it was spoken established themselves in the country of which their descendants have ever since retained possession . Call them ...
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A Compendious History of English Literature, and of the English ..., Volym 1 George Lillie Craik Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1863 |
A Compendious History of English Literature, and of the English Language ... George Lillie Craik Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1861 |
A Compendious History of English Literature, and of the English ..., Volym 1 George Lillie Craik Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1864 |
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