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Pagina v
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 to philological principles . It was assumed at starting that
the ...
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 to philological principles . It was assumed at starting that
the ...
Pagina 3
... languages on the other . We suppose the reader is familiar with the twofold
division of the mute consonants into lip , tooth , and throat consonants in the one
direction ; and into thin , middle , and aspirate consonants in the other direction .
... languages on the other . We suppose the reader is familiar with the twofold
division of the mute consonants into lip , tooth , and throat consonants in the one
direction ; and into thin , middle , and aspirate consonants in the other direction .
Pagina 44
But before it came to this , both languages must have been familiar to either party
. Just as on the frontier of the English and Welsh now , there is a large number of
people who have a practical acquaintance with both languages , while they can ...
But before it came to this , both languages must have been familiar to either party
. Just as on the frontier of the English and Welsh now , there is a large number of
people who have a practical acquaintance with both languages , while they can ...
Pagina 77
It is a familiar sound to hear Chaucer called the well of English undefiled . But this
expression never had any other meaning than that Chaucer's language was free
from those foreign materials which got into the English of some centuries later .
It is a familiar sound to hear Chaucer called the well of English undefiled . But this
expression never had any other meaning than that Chaucer's language was free
from those foreign materials which got into the English of some centuries later .
Pagina 83
For example : “ He gave five shillings to boot ' - what is the origin of this familiar
and thoroughly English expression to boot ? We know of a ' boot ' or ' bote ' which
is thoroughly English from the Saxon verb betan , to mend or better a thing .
For example : “ He gave five shillings to boot ' - what is the origin of this familiar
and thoroughly English expression to boot ? We know of a ' boot ' or ' bote ' which
is thoroughly English from the Saxon verb betan , to mend or better a thing .
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