The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1871 - 599 pagine |
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Pagina 28
... literature again , until the fifteenth century , when that dialect had shaped itself into a new and distinct national language for the kingdom of Scotland . The poet in whose works the Scottish language first displays its definite form ...
... literature again , until the fifteenth century , when that dialect had shaped itself into a new and distinct national language for the kingdom of Scotland . The poet in whose works the Scottish language first displays its definite form ...
Pagina 29
... literature starts up almost full - grown . It seems as if it grew up suddenly , and reached perfection at a bound without preparation or antecedents . It has been too much the habit to suppose that this phenomenon is sufficiently ...
... literature starts up almost full - grown . It seems as if it grew up suddenly , and reached perfection at a bound without preparation or antecedents . It has been too much the habit to suppose that this phenomenon is sufficiently ...
Pagina 30
... A.D. 880 to A.D. 1066. These figures represent also the interval at which Saxon literature was strongest ; but its duration exceeds these limits at either end . We have poetry , laws , and annals before 880 30 SKETCH OF THE RISE.
... A.D. 880 to A.D. 1066. These figures represent also the interval at which Saxon literature was strongest ; but its duration exceeds these limits at either end . We have poetry , laws , and annals before 880 30 SKETCH OF THE RISE.
Pagina 31
... literature would be A.D. 1154 , the year of King Stephen's death , the last year that is chronicled in Saxon . The Saxon differed from modern English most conspicu- ously in being what is called an inflected language . An inflected ...
... literature would be A.D. 1154 , the year of King Stephen's death , the last year that is chronicled in Saxon . The Saxon differed from modern English most conspicu- ously in being what is called an inflected language . An inflected ...
Pagina 36
... literature it had its metaphorical applications . Not only do we read of the armourer by the name of wapna smix , the weapon - smith ; but we have the promoter of laughter called ' hleahtor - smið , ' laughter - smith ; we have the ...
... literature it had its metaphorical applications . Not only do we read of the armourer by the name of wapna smix , the weapon - smith ; but we have the promoter of laughter called ' hleahtor - smið , ' laughter - smith ; we have the ...
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