The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
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Pagina vi
... living unity , as well in the rich and almost endless variety of its parts and functions , as also in the admirable free- dom and simplicity of its action . MALTBY , July 2 , 1879 . CONTENTS . PAGE HISTORIC SKETCH OF THE RISE AND ...
... living unity , as well in the rich and almost endless variety of its parts and functions , as also in the admirable free- dom and simplicity of its action . MALTBY , July 2 , 1879 . CONTENTS . PAGE HISTORIC SKETCH OF THE RISE AND ...
Pagina 20
... few Keltic words are still living on among us in the popular names of wild plants . The cockle of our corn - fields has been with great reason attributed to the Britons . The Saxon form is coccel , 20 THE RISE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE .
... few Keltic words are still living on among us in the popular names of wild plants . The cockle of our corn - fields has been with great reason attributed to the Britons . The Saxon form is coccel , 20 THE RISE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE .
Pagina 35
... living along peaceably by its side : - GOTHIC . beginning CLASSIC . incipient ROMANESQUE . commencing forgive pardon hap chance ingoing entrance kind sort law rule look mien mouth embouchure outgoing issue reckon count rewth pity stow ...
... living along peaceably by its side : - GOTHIC . beginning CLASSIC . incipient ROMANESQUE . commencing forgive pardon hap chance ingoing entrance kind sort law rule look mien mouth embouchure outgoing issue reckon count rewth pity stow ...
Pagina 73
... living existence . It is to English something like what the Hindustani of one of our Indian interpreters might be to the spoken language of the natives - good enough to be understood of the people , and clumsy enough to betray the hand ...
... living existence . It is to English something like what the Hindustani of one of our Indian interpreters might be to the spoken language of the natives - good enough to be understood of the people , and clumsy enough to betray the hand ...
Pagina 74
... living and growing dialect of English . It is a piece of desk and dictionary work . It is a crude and laboured translation from a French copy . 71. This is not indeed ' King's English , ' but it may well stand as a monument of the ...
... living and growing dialect of English . It is a piece of desk and dictionary work . It is a crude and laboured translation from a French copy . 71. This is not indeed ' King's English , ' but it may well stand as a monument of the ...
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