The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1871 - 599 pagine |
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Pagina 16
... period of our history and language and literature , and to reserve the term 6 ' English ' for the later period . There is 16 SKETCH OF THE RISE.
... period of our history and language and literature , and to reserve the term 6 ' English ' for the later period . There is 16 SKETCH OF THE RISE.
Pagina 17
John Earle. ' English ' for the later period . There is some degree of literary impropriety in this , because the Saxons called their own language Englisc . On this ground some critics insist that we should let the word English stand for ...
John Earle. ' English ' for the later period . There is some degree of literary impropriety in this , because the Saxons called their own language Englisc . On this ground some critics insist that we should let the word English stand for ...
Pagina 18
... the personal and social comforts of life , were in this manner learnt at second- hand from Roman culture : as DISC , a dish , from his handing of which a royal officer all through the Saxon period 18 SKETCH OF THE RISE.
... the personal and social comforts of life , were in this manner learnt at second- hand from Roman culture : as DISC , a dish , from his handing of which a royal officer all through the Saxon period 18 SKETCH OF THE RISE.
Pagina 19
... period , a word which occurs in Shak- speare , and which in the opening of the seventeenth century was still in force sufficient to retain five places in our version of the Old Testament , as may be seen by reference to Cruden's ...
... period , a word which occurs in Shak- speare , and which in the opening of the seventeenth century was still in force sufficient to retain five places in our version of the Old Testament , as may be seen by reference to Cruden's ...
Pagina 22
... period . Out of this word DRY , a verb was made , BE - DRIAN , to bewitch or fascinate . Thus we read in the homily on Swiðun : - Sume swefna syndon soplice of Gode . and sume beod of deofle to sumum swicdome . pa swefna beod wynsume be ...
... period . Out of this word DRY , a verb was made , BE - DRIAN , to bewitch or fascinate . Thus we read in the homily on Swiðun : - Sume swefna syndon soplice of Gode . and sume beod of deofle to sumum swicdome . pa swefna beod wynsume be ...
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