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Pagina 8
This ^ is a relic of an old reflective pronoun, so that it is most like the French habit
of getting a sort of a passive by prefixing the reflective pronoun se. Thus in
French marier is to marry (active), of parents who marry their children ; but if you
have ...
This ^ is a relic of an old reflective pronoun, so that it is most like the French habit
of getting a sort of a passive by prefixing the reflective pronoun se. Thus in
French marier is to marry (active), of parents who marry their children ; but if you
have ...
Pagina 16
It has become the literary habit of recent times to use the term ' Saxon ' as a
distinction for the early period of our history and language and literature, and to
reserve the term 'English' for the later period. There is some degree of 1 6
SKETCH ...
It has become the literary habit of recent times to use the term ' Saxon ' as a
distinction for the early period of our history and language and literature, and to
reserve the term 'English' for the later period. There is some degree of 1 6
SKETCH ...
Pagina 29
It has been too much the habit to suppose that this phenomenon is sufficiently
accounted for by the introduction of scholars from other countries who helped to
translate the most esteemed books into Saxon. So the reign of Alfred is apt to get
...
It has been too much the habit to suppose that this phenomenon is sufficiently
accounted for by the introduction of scholars from other countries who helped to
translate the most esteemed books into Saxon. So the reign of Alfred is apt to get
...
Pagina 34
Man spells in old Saxon as in modern English, but yet it has altered in
grammatical habit, in application, and in convertible use. In grammatical habit it
has altered; for in Saxon it had a genitive mannes, a dative men, an (archaic)
accusative ...
Man spells in old Saxon as in modern English, but yet it has altered in
grammatical habit, in application, and in convertible use. In grammatical habit it
has altered; for in Saxon it had a genitive mannes, a dative men, an (archaic)
accusative ...
Pagina 76
Thus these two names have grown together, and their connection is -soldered by
habit and tradition. One is apt to imagine, previous to a study of their works, that
they were a par nobile fratrum, brothers and equals in poetry and genius, and ...
Thus these two names have grown together, and their connection is -soldered by
habit and tradition. One is apt to imagine, previous to a study of their works, that
they were a par nobile fratrum, brothers and equals in poetry and genius, and ...
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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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