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Pagina 25
Thus the obscure name of Angle emerged into celebrity , and being accepted first
for the generic name of the Saxon language , passed next to the land , and
afterwards to the inhabitants of the land . And now , as in the early time , though it
...
Thus the obscure name of Angle emerged into celebrity , and being accepted first
for the generic name of the Saxon language , passed next to the land , and
afterwards to the inhabitants of the land . And now , as in the early time , though it
...
Pagina 34
The verb gehyrsumian passed away , and instead of it we find the expression to
be buxom , and this yielded to the modern verb to obey . The Saxon lictun was
the mediaeval litten , and the modern churchyard . In this class of instances the ...
The verb gehyrsumian passed away , and instead of it we find the expression to
be buxom , and this yielded to the modern verb to obey . The Saxon lictun was
the mediaeval litten , and the modern churchyard . In this class of instances the ...
Pagina 54
The darkest time of depression for our language has now passed . We approach
a kind of dawn . A new literature begins to rise , first in dissonant dialects , and
then in a central and standard form . The language had admitted a variety of new
...
The darkest time of depression for our language has now passed . We approach
a kind of dawn . A new literature begins to rise , first in dissonant dialects , and
then in a central and standard form . The language had admitted a variety of new
...
Pagina 55
Such was the Ribald , and it is not to be wondered at that the word rapidly
became a synonym for everything ruffianly and brutal ; and having passed into an
epithet , went to swell the already overgrown list of vituperations . Rascal , villain ,
are ...
Such was the Ribald , and it is not to be wondered at that the word rapidly
became a synonym for everything ruffianly and brutal ; and having passed into an
epithet , went to swell the already overgrown list of vituperations . Rascal , villain ,
are ...
Pagina 66
In the review of specimens of English which have passed before us , we are
struck with their diversity and the absence of any signs of convergency to a
common type . The only feature which they agree in with a sort of growing
consent , -ra . is ...
In the review of specimens of English which have passed before us , we are
struck with their diversity and the absence of any signs of convergency to a
common type . The only feature which they agree in with a sort of growing
consent , -ra . is ...
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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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