The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1871 - 599 pagine |
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... means of facts which lie within his own experience . 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 ...
... means of facts which lie within his own experience . 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 ...
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... Middle b d Aspirate f By means of these classifications of consonants we are able to shew traces of a law of transition having existed between English and the Classical languages . We find instances B 2 OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 3.
... Middle b d Aspirate f By means of these classifications of consonants we are able to shew traces of a law of transition having existed between English and the Classical languages . We find instances B 2 OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 3.
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... means of Christianity . To this cause we trace the preservation of the oldest literary records of our family of languages . In the fourth century Scripture was translated into Moso- Gothic , at a stage in the condition of the Moso ...
... means of Christianity . To this cause we trace the preservation of the oldest literary records of our family of languages . In the fourth century Scripture was translated into Moso- Gothic , at a stage in the condition of the Moso ...
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... 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 in the fourth century the Goths on the ...
... 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 in the fourth century the Goths on the ...
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... means foreign So the Germans of the their language Welsch . or strange . At various points on the frontiers of our race , we find them affixing this name on the conterminous Romance - speaking people . This is the most probable OF THE ...
... means foreign So the Germans of the their language Welsch . or strange . At various points on the frontiers of our race , we find them affixing this name on the conterminous Romance - speaking people . This is the most probable OF THE ...
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