The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
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Pagina 7
... less to the new fashions , and become changed in their appearance , so that the traces of old kindred are obliterated . 7. But if such a relation as that which is condensed in the above mnemonic is clearly established as existing ...
... less to the new fashions , and become changed in their appearance , so that the traces of old kindred are obliterated . 7. But if such a relation as that which is condensed in the above mnemonic is clearly established as existing ...
Pagina 9
... less remarkable , when we consider that the Gothic languages in general make the passive , as we do in English , by the aid of the verb to be . Active to love , passive to be loved . But the Scandinavian dialects just add an s to the ...
... less remarkable , when we consider that the Gothic languages in general make the passive , as we do in English , by the aid of the verb to be . Active to love , passive to be loved . But the Scandinavian dialects just add an s to the ...
Pagina 14
... less perfect than it is , but for the material which has been supplied by means of Christianity . To this cause we trace the preservation of the oldest literary records of our family of languages . In the fourth century Scripture was ...
... less perfect than it is , but for the material which has been supplied by means of Christianity . To this cause we trace the preservation of the oldest literary records of our family of languages . In the fourth century Scripture was ...
Pagina 21
... less common to the cognate languages . This is not the case with cockle , and therefore it may perhaps be British . Another plant - name , which is pro- bably British , is willow . This may well be traced to the Welsh helig as its ...
... less common to the cognate languages . This is not the case with cockle , and therefore it may perhaps be British . Another plant - name , which is pro- bably British , is willow . This may well be traced to the Welsh helig as its ...
Pagina 34
... less moveable in proportion as they lay farther from or nearer to that pole or pivot of revolution . Accordingly , we see words like man , word , thing , can , smith , heap , on , with , an , which seem like permanent fixtures through ...
... less moveable in proportion as they lay farther from or nearer to that pole or pivot of revolution . Accordingly , we see words like man , word , thing , can , smith , heap , on , with , an , which seem like permanent fixtures through ...
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