The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
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Pagina 17
... England , and our language English : yet our neighbours west and north , the Welsh and the Gael , have still called us Saxons , and our language Saxonish . It has become the literary habit of recent times to use the term Saxon ' as a ...
... England , and our language English : yet our neighbours west and north , the Welsh and the Gael , have still called us Saxons , and our language Saxonish . It has become the literary habit of recent times to use the term Saxon ' as a ...
Pagina 18
... England , and the Saxons the south and west . The line of Watling Street , running from London to Chester , may be taken as the boundary line between these races , whom we shall sometimes speak of separately , and sometimes combine ...
... England , and the Saxons the south and west . The line of Watling Street , running from London to Chester , may be taken as the boundary line between these races , whom we shall sometimes speak of separately , and sometimes combine ...
Pagina 24
... England , which have continued to designate our country , tongue , and nation . The name of England is confined by geographic limits ; but the name of ENGLISH has widened with the growing area of the countries , colonies and depen ...
... England , which have continued to designate our country , tongue , and nation . The name of England is confined by geographic limits ; but the name of ENGLISH has widened with the growing area of the countries , colonies and depen ...
Pagina 29
... England , both of sacred and secular orders ; and how happy times there were then throughout England ; and how the kings who had power over the nation in those days obeyed God and his ministers ; and they preserved peace , morality ...
... England , both of sacred and secular orders ; and how happy times there were then throughout England ; and how the kings who had power over the nation in those days obeyed God and his ministers ; and they preserved peace , morality ...
Pagina 41
... country . A vast change was made in the vocabulary . The Normans had learnt by their sojourn in France to speak French , and this foreign . language they brought with them to England . Some- times EFFECTS OF THE NORMAN CONQUEST . 41.
... country . A vast change was made in the vocabulary . The Normans had learnt by their sojourn in France to speak French , and this foreign . language they brought with them to England . Some- times EFFECTS OF THE NORMAN CONQUEST . 41.
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