The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
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Pagina 10
... already far gone towards dissolution at the date of the extant writings . But though such features as a passive form , and a post - positive article , have a strong characterising effect , they do not take languages out of those lines ...
... already far gone towards dissolution at the date of the extant writings . But though such features as a passive form , and a post - positive article , have a strong characterising effect , they do not take languages out of those lines ...
Pagina 17
... already in use seem bolder , and more distinct . They enable us to distinguish between Saxon and Anglian ; and they also comprise the united nation under the compound term Anglo - Saxon . As expressive of the dominant power , it is not ...
... already in use seem bolder , and more distinct . They enable us to distinguish between Saxon and Anglian ; and they also comprise the united nation under the compound term Anglo - Saxon . As expressive of the dominant power , it is not ...
Pagina 26
... already indicated , in that early leadership which was enjoyed by the kingdom of Northumbria in the seventh and eighth centuries . The office of BreTWALDA , a kind of elective chieftainship of all Britain , was held by several ...
... already indicated , in that early leadership which was enjoyed by the kingdom of Northumbria in the seventh and eighth centuries . The office of BreTWALDA , a kind of elective chieftainship of all Britain , was held by several ...
Pagina 53
... already been ruled by a succession of French abbots . From these two authors , as from some half - severed pro- montory , we look across the water studded with islands , to where the continent of the modern English language rears its ...
... already been ruled by a succession of French abbots . From these two authors , as from some half - severed pro- montory , we look across the water studded with islands , to where the continent of the modern English language rears its ...
Pagina 56
... already overgrown list of vituperations . Such are a few of the words with which our language was endowed , in its first rude contact with the French language . Though we find nearer our own times , namely , in the reign of Charles the ...
... already overgrown list of vituperations . Such are a few of the words with which our language was endowed , in its first rude contact with the French language . Though we find nearer our own times , namely , in the reign of Charles the ...
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