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Pagina 8
And it is a circumstance worthy of observation , that these languages have no
ancient and domestic name by which they are characterized , except that of the
Northern ( Norræna ) Speech . This seems like an internal testimony that they are
the ...
And it is a circumstance worthy of observation , that these languages have no
ancient and domestic name by which they are characterized , except that of the
Northern ( Norræna ) Speech . This seems like an internal testimony that they are
the ...
Pagina 12
This is the oldest book we can go back to , as written in a language like our own .
It has therefore a national interest for us ; but apart from this , it has a nobility and
grandeur all its own , as it is one of the finest specimens of ancient language .
This is the oldest book we can go back to , as written in a language like our own .
It has therefore a national interest for us ; but apart from this , it has a nobility and
grandeur all its own , as it is one of the finest specimens of ancient language .
Pagina 15
But it generally resolves itself into a number of points of similarity rather than into
an essential and ancient similitude . Words and names are compared as if it were
forgotten how largely we have borrowed from the Danes in historic times .
But it generally resolves itself into a number of points of similarity rather than into
an essential and ancient similitude . Words and names are compared as if it were
forgotten how largely we have borrowed from the Danes in historic times .
Pagina 17
This people spoke the language which is now represented by the Welsh . It was
an ancient Keltic dialect somewhat tinctured with Latin . The Britons had been in
subjection to Roman dominion for a space of between three and four centuries .
This people spoke the language which is now represented by the Welsh . It was
an ancient Keltic dialect somewhat tinctured with Latin . The Britons had been in
subjection to Roman dominion for a space of between three and four centuries .
Pagina 19
The most certain are those names of rivers and mountains , and some elements
in the names of ancient towns , which have been handed on from Keltic times to
ours . Thus the river - name Avon is unquestionably British , for it is the common ...
The most certain are those names of rivers and mountains , and some elements
in the names of ancient towns , which have been handed on from Keltic times to
ours . Thus the river - name Avon is unquestionably British , for it is the common ...
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