The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
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Pagina 24
... native literature there is no room for doubt . Bæda tells us of such ; and he himself was occupied on a translation when he died . Thus the obscure name of Angle emerged into celebrity , and furnished us with the comprehensive names of ...
... native literature there is no room for doubt . Bæda tells us of such ; and he himself was occupied on a translation when he died . Thus the obscure name of Angle emerged into celebrity , and furnished us with the comprehensive names of ...
Pagina 26
... native Christian literature , and of Christian art . Two names there are prominently associated with this Northumbrian school , which mark the extremities of the brightest part of its dura- tion . The first is Benedict Biscop , an ...
... native Christian literature , and of Christian art . Two names there are prominently associated with this Northumbrian school , which mark the extremities of the brightest part of its dura- tion . The first is Benedict Biscop , an ...
Pagina 28
... native tongue , and composed popular hymns to drive out the old pagan songs . But though we can point to Aldhelm , and one or two other names of cultivated men in Wessex , they are exceptions to the general rudeness of that kingdom ...
... native tongue , and composed popular hymns to drive out the old pagan songs . But though we can point to Aldhelm , and one or two other names of cultivated men in Wessex , they are exceptions to the general rudeness of that kingdom ...
Pagina 30
... native tongue , and that foreign help can only bring up a wild language to eloquence by very slow degrees . There is a vague idea among us that our language was then in its infancy , and that its compass was almost as narrow as the few ...
... native tongue , and that foreign help can only bring up a wild language to eloquence by very slow degrees . There is a vague idea among us that our language was then in its infancy , and that its compass was almost as narrow as the few ...
Pagina 40
... native tongue and to cast it into the shade , but to the beneficent end of regulating , fostering , and developing it . § 5. Effects of the Norman Conquest . 40. Such was the state of our language when its insular security was disturbed ...
... native tongue and to cast it into the shade , but to the beneficent end of regulating , fostering , and developing it . § 5. Effects of the Norman Conquest . 40. Such was the state of our language when its insular security was disturbed ...
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