The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1871 - 599 pagine |
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Pagina 27
... kings in succession . How high this title must have sounded in the ears of cotempo- raries may be imagined from the fact that it is after the same model as their name for the Almighty . The latter was ALWALDA , the All - wielding . So ...
... kings in succession . How high this title must have sounded in the ears of cotempo- raries may be imagined from the fact that it is after the same model as their name for the Almighty . The latter was ALWALDA , the All - wielding . So ...
Pagina 31
... King Stephen's death , the last year that is chronicled in Saxon . The Saxon differed from modern English most conspicu- ously in being what is called an inflected language . An inflected language is one that joins words together , and ...
... King Stephen's death , the last year that is chronicled in Saxon . The Saxon differed from modern English most conspicu- ously in being what is called an inflected language . An inflected language is one that joins words together , and ...
Pagina 42
... countess from the Norman , ) chancellor , treasurer , palace , castle , hall , dome , and a multitude more . At the same time the one remarkable exception of KING would make us , even did we know nothing of 42 SKETCH OF THE RISE.
... countess from the Norman , ) chancellor , treasurer , palace , castle , hall , dome , and a multitude more . At the same time the one remarkable exception of KING would make us , even did we know nothing of 42 SKETCH OF THE RISE.
Pagina 46
... once that it was not the work of any one year or even of a few years . It must be regarded as the literary hobby of the whole life of Layamon the priest , who lived at Areley Kings , on the west bank of the Severn 46 SKETCH OF THE RISE.
... once that it was not the work of any one year or even of a few years . It must be regarded as the literary hobby of the whole life of Layamon the priest , who lived at Areley Kings , on the west bank of the Severn 46 SKETCH OF THE RISE.
Pagina 47
John Earle. Areley Kings , on the west bank of the Severn , opposite Stourport , and who there served the church , being the chaplain and inmate of ' the good knight ' of the parish . And hence it is that the language runs back and ...
John Earle. Areley Kings , on the west bank of the Severn , opposite Stourport , and who there served the church , being the chaplain and inmate of ' the good knight ' of the parish . And hence it is that the language runs back and ...
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