The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1871 - 599 pagine |
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Pagina 34
... habit , in application , and in con- vertible use . In grammatical habit it has altered ; for in Saxon it had a genitive mannes , a dative men , an ( archaic ) accusative mannan , a plural men , a genitive plural manna , and a dative ...
... habit , in application , and in con- vertible use . In grammatical habit it has altered ; for in Saxon it had a genitive mannes , a dative men , an ( archaic ) accusative mannan , a plural men , a genitive plural manna , and a dative ...
Pagina 56
... habits of our Norman- French rulers , is aptly commemorated in the fact that up to the present day the English terms for games of chance are of French extraction . Dice were seen in every hall , and were then called by nearly the same ...
... habits of our Norman- French rulers , is aptly commemorated in the fact that up to the present day the English terms for games of chance are of French extraction . Dice were seen in every hall , and were then called by nearly the same ...
Pagina 67
... habits of speech , and that the divergence was growing wider . Now there appeared a mature form of English which was generally received . The two writers of the fourteenth century who most powerfully F 2 OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 67.
... habits of speech , and that the divergence was growing wider . Now there appeared a mature form of English which was generally received . The two writers of the fourteenth century who most powerfully F 2 OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 67.
Pagina 72
... habits of the date , that it is plain they have been studiously excluded , and that with a needless excess of scruple ; for a vast number of French words must before now have become quite popular . Besides iseined and cruninge the ...
... habits of the date , that it is plain they have been studiously excluded , and that with a needless excess of scruple ; for a vast number of French words must before now have become quite popular . Besides iseined and cruninge the ...
Pagina 76
... habit and tradition . One is apt to imagine , previous to a study of their works , that they were a par nobile fratrum , brothers and equals in poetry and genius , and that they had contributed equally , or nearly so , towards the ...
... habit and tradition . One is apt to imagine , previous to a study of their works , that they were a par nobile fratrum , brothers and equals in poetry and genius , and that they had contributed equally , or nearly so , towards the ...
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