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Such a work is to be performed, not by any one man, but by the co-operation of
many : and many have now been co-operating this three quarters of a century
past, and sending in from every land their contributions towards it. In this newly ...
Such a work is to be performed, not by any one man, but by the co-operation of
many : and many have now been co-operating this three quarters of a century
past, and sending in from every land their contributions towards it. In this newly ...
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Their earliest literary traces go back to the fourth century, and appear in the
villages of Dacia, in lands which slope to the Danube ; where the country is now
called Wallachia. It is from this region that we have the Mceso-Gothic Gospels
and ...
Their earliest literary traces go back to the fourth century, and appear in the
villages of Dacia, in lands which slope to the Danube ; where the country is now
called Wallachia. It is from this region that we have the Mceso-Gothic Gospels
and ...
Pagina 11
In the fourth century Scripture was translated into Mceso- Gothic, at a stage in the
condition of the Moeso-Goths when by their own natural literary efforts they could
barely have recorded a name on a tomb-stone. In the seventh century ...
In the fourth century Scripture was translated into Mceso- Gothic, at a stage in the
condition of the Moeso-Goths when by their own natural literary efforts they could
barely have recorded a name on a tomb-stone. In the seventh century ...
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Thus it was that in the fourth century the Goths on the Danube were converted to
Christianity ; and we have much of the New Testament still remaining to us, which
was then rendered into the Gothic dialect. This is the oldest book we can go ...
Thus it was that in the fourth century the Goths on the Danube were converted to
Christianity ; and we have much of the New Testament still remaining to us, which
was then rendered into the Gothic dialect. This is the oldest book we can go ...
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The story which Baeda gives us in the eighth century, is, that there were people
from three tribes, Angles, Saxons, and Jutes. The latter were said to be still
distinguishable in Kent and the Isle of Wight ; but, except in this statement, we
have lost ...
The story which Baeda gives us in the eighth century, is, that there were people
from three tribes, Angles, Saxons, and Jutes. The latter were said to be still
distinguishable in Kent and the Isle of Wight ; but, except in this statement, we
have lost ...
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Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | The Philology of the English Tongue Clarendon Press series |
| Autore | John Earle |
| Editore | Clarendon Press, 1871 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | Università di Princeton |
| Digitalizzato | 3 mar 2009 |
| Lunghezza | 599 pagine |
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