The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
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Pagina iv
... means of facts which lie within his own expe- rience . It is upon this , which may be called the Elementary method , that the present manual has been constructed ; the aim of which has been to find a path through most familiar ground up ...
... means of facts which lie within his own expe- rience . It is upon this , which may be called the Elementary method , that the present manual has been constructed ; the aim of which has been to find a path through most familiar ground up ...
Pagina 5
... means of this classification of the mutes we are able to shew traces of a law of transition having existed between English and the Classical languages . We find instances of words , for example , which begin with a thin consonant in ...
... means of this classification of the mutes we are able to shew traces of a law of transition having existed between English and the Classical languages . We find instances of words , for example , which begin with a thin consonant in ...
Pagina 14
... means of Christianity . To this cause we trace the preservation of the oldest literary records of our family of languages . In the fourth century Scripture was translated into Mosogothic : in the seventh century Anglo - Saxon began to ...
... means of Christianity . To this cause we trace the preservation of the oldest literary records of our family of languages . In the fourth century Scripture was translated into Mosogothic : in the seventh century Anglo - Saxon began to ...
Pagina 15
... means of the missionaries , the best books of the world translated into their own tongues ; and this at a stage of their existence in which they could not of themselves produce a written record . How carefully the Mosogothic language ...
... means of the missionaries , the best books of the world translated into their own tongues ; and this at a stage of their existence in which they could not of themselves produce a written record . How carefully the Mosogothic language ...
Pagina 25
... means , says he , —but in their own tongue if they do not know Latin . Which , he adds , is not only the case with laity , but with clerks likewise and monks . And markedly insisting on his theme , as if even then the battle of the ...
... means , says he , —but in their own tongue if they do not know Latin . Which , he adds , is not only the case with laity , but with clerks likewise and monks . And markedly insisting on his theme , as if even then the battle of the ...
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