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Pagina 11
Literary culture has been transplanted from the old into the midst of the young
and rising peoples of the world, and hence it has come to pass that among the
nations which have sprung into existence since Christianity, a better record of
their ...
Literary culture has been transplanted from the old into the midst of the young
and rising peoples of the world, and hence it has come to pass that among the
nations which have sprung into existence since Christianity, a better record of
their ...
Pagina 12
Thus the rude tribes of the distant islands have now, by means of the
missionaries, the best books of the world translated into their own tongues; and
this at a stage of existence in which they could not produce a written record. Thus
it was that ...
Thus the rude tribes of the distant islands have now, by means of the
missionaries, the best books of the world translated into their own tongues; and
this at a stage of existence in which they could not produce a written record. Thus
it was that ...
Pagina 13
... and he has testified that, but for its influence, this science could hardly, as yet,
have come into existence. In the subjoined Lord's Prayer the English is a little
distorted in order to act as a guide to the Gothic words:— THE LORD'S PRAYER.
... and he has testified that, but for its influence, this science could hardly, as yet,
have come into existence. In the subjoined Lord's Prayer the English is a little
distorted in order to act as a guide to the Gothic words:— THE LORD'S PRAYER.
Pagina 22
A bell in Welsh is cloch, in Gaelic clag, and in Manx clag. But then this word did
not come into our language (probably) till the twelfth century. Yet it may have had
an obscure existence among us in Saxon times. Bard is unquestionably British, ...
A bell in Welsh is cloch, in Gaelic clag, and in Manx clag. But then this word did
not come into our language (probably) till the twelfth century. Yet it may have had
an obscure existence among us in Saxon times. Bard is unquestionably British, ...
Pagina 25
Of the existence of such a native literature there is no room for doubt. Baeda tells
us of such ; and he himself was occupied on a translation when he died. Thus the
obscure name of Angle emerged into celebrity, and being accepted first for the ...
Of the existence of such a native literature there is no room for doubt. Baeda tells
us of such ; and he himself was occupied on a translation when he died. Thus the
obscure name of Angle emerged into celebrity, and being accepted first for the ...
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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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