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tendency of words to get disguised , is , therefore , one reason why these
analogies do not hold more completely than they do . Another reason is , that in
progress of time new principles of word - forming are slowly admitted , new words
and ...
tendency of words to get disguised , is , therefore , one reason why these
analogies do not hold more completely than they do . Another reason is , that in
progress of time new principles of word - forming are slowly admitted , new words
and ...
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The cockle of our corn - fields , which the botanists call Agrostemma Githago ,
has been with great reason attributed to the Britons . Dr. Johnston , in The Botany
of the Eastern Borders ( Van Voorst , 1853 ) , explains this word by reference 20 ...
The cockle of our corn - fields , which the botanists call Agrostemma Githago ,
has been with great reason attributed to the Britons . Dr. Johnston , in The Botany
of the Eastern Borders ( Van Voorst , 1853 ) , explains this word by reference 20 ...
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And markedly insisting on his theme , as if even then the battle of the vernacular
had to be fought , he goes on to give his reasons why he had often given copies
of translations to folk that were no scholars , and many OF THE ENGLISH ...
And markedly insisting on his theme , as if even then the battle of the vernacular
had to be fought , he goes on to give his reasons why he had often given copies
of translations to folk that were no scholars , and many OF THE ENGLISH ...
Pagina 46
There is no direct intimation of the date at which it was written , but the editor has
fixed on 1205 , for reasons which appear conclusive . But we have only to look at
such a poem as this to perceive at once that it was not the work of any one year ...
There is no direct intimation of the date at which it was written , but the editor has
fixed on 1205 , for reasons which appear conclusive . But we have only to look at
such a poem as this to perceive at once that it was not the work of any one year ...
Pagina 54
The malignant passions were let loose , as if without control of reason or of
religion ; men hotly pursued after the objects of their ambition , covetousness , or
other passions , till they grew insensible to every feeling of tenderness and
humanity ...
The malignant passions were let loose , as if without control of reason or of
religion ; men hotly pursued after the objects of their ambition , covetousness , or
other passions , till they grew insensible to every feeling of tenderness and
humanity ...
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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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