The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1871 - 599 pagine |
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... taken at various stages of development . Such a work is to be per- formed , not by any one man , but by the co - operation of many and many have now been co - operating this three quarters of a century past , and sending in from every ...
... taken at various stages of development . Such a work is to be per- formed , not by any one man , but by the co - operation of many and many have now been co - operating this three quarters of a century past , and sending in from every ...
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... taken from words of the first necessity . These have a tendency to be very permanent in languages , so that the similarities which they now bear , they have most probably borne for an extended length of time . And if so , it is ...
... taken from words of the first necessity . These have a tendency to be very permanent in languages , so that the similarities which they now bear , they have most probably borne for an extended length of time . And if so , it is ...
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... taken for Englisc . Now the company present spoke Frankish , that is to say , Old High Dutch ; and unless we suppose Rolf to have learnt Englisc , which seems a romantic hypothesis , we have the interesting testimony that the Franks saw ...
... taken for Englisc . Now the company present spoke Frankish , that is to say , Old High Dutch ; and unless we suppose Rolf to have learnt Englisc , which seems a romantic hypothesis , we have the interesting testimony that the Franks saw ...
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... taken as the boundary line between these races , whom we shall sometimes combine , according to prevalent usage , under the joint name of Anglo - Saxons , or under the dominant name of Saxons . When the Anglo - Saxons began to make ...
... taken as the boundary line between these races , whom we shall sometimes combine , according to prevalent usage , under the joint name of Anglo - Saxons , or under the dominant name of Saxons . When the Anglo - Saxons began to make ...
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... taken into comparison on the one hand , and all the Keltic dialects on the other . But the branch 1 from which most light is to be expected is the Breton , as spoken in French Brittany . The great and fundamental question is : - How far ...
... taken into comparison on the one hand , and all the Keltic dialects on the other . But the branch 1 from which most light is to be expected is the Breton , as spoken in French Brittany . The great and fundamental question is : - How far ...
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