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our oldest extant writings spelt just as we now spell them , and for this very
reason it is the more necessary to call attention to the change that has really
passed over them . There are others , on the contrary , which have long been
obsolete and ...
our oldest extant writings spelt just as we now spell them , and for this very
reason it is the more necessary to call attention to the change that has really
passed over them . There are others , on the contrary , which have long been
obsolete and ...
Pagina 56
Such was the ribald , and it is not to be wondered at that the word rapidly became
a synonym for everything ruffianly and brutal ; and having passed into an epithet ,
went to swell the already overgrown list of vituperations . Such are a few of the ...
Such was the ribald , and it is not to be wondered at that the word rapidly became
a synonym for everything ruffianly and brutal ; and having passed into an epithet ,
went to swell the already overgrown list of vituperations . Such are a few of the ...
Pagina 67
But the most important date is 1362 , when the English language was re -
installed in its natural rights , and became again the language of the Courts of
Law . 66. In the specimens of English which have now passed before us , we are
struck ...
But the most important date is 1362 , when the English language was re -
installed in its natural rights , and became again the language of the Courts of
Law . 66. In the specimens of English which have now passed before us , we are
struck ...
Pagina 87
It passed into ecclesiastical diction in the term DÆD - BỘT , deedbettering , a
word that was succeeded by the term penance . Then bote was used later for
material to mend with . It was for centuries , and perhaps still is in some parts , a
set ...
It passed into ecclesiastical diction in the term DÆD - BỘT , deedbettering , a
word that was succeeded by the term penance . Then bote was used later for
material to mend with . It was for centuries , and perhaps still is in some parts , a
set ...
Pagina 100
It seems to be now quite established that Egypt was the birthplace of the Semitic
art of writing , which is only the archaic form of the European ; and the legend
justly pointed to Phoenicia as the quarter from which the alphabet passed into ...
It seems to be now quite established that Egypt was the birthplace of the Semitic
art of writing , which is only the archaic form of the European ; and the legend
justly pointed to Phoenicia as the quarter from which the alphabet passed into ...
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Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | The Philology of the English Tongue Clarendon Press series |
| Autore | John Earle |
| Edizione | 3 |
| Editore | Clarendon Press, 1880 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | Biblioteca pubblica di Lione (Bibliothèque jésuite des Fontaines) |
| Digitalizzato | 26 gen 2017 |
| Lunghezza | 700 pagine |
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