The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
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Pagina 51
... observation of his spelling , for he has emphatically called attention to it in the opening of his work . HOW TO SPELL . And whase wilenn shall piss boc efft operr sipe writenn himm bidde icc pat he't write rihht swa summ þiss boc him ...
... observation of his spelling , for he has emphatically called attention to it in the opening of his work . HOW TO SPELL . And whase wilenn shall piss boc efft operr sipe writenn himm bidde icc pat he't write rihht swa summ þiss boc him ...
Pagina 57
... observe that even a word may outlive a bad reputation . The word hazard , though still a gambling term in the last century , has now little association with disorderly excitement and the thirst for sudden wealth ; it suggests to our ...
... observe that even a word may outlive a bad reputation . The word hazard , though still a gambling term in the last century , has now little association with disorderly excitement and the thirst for sudden wealth ; it suggests to our ...
Pagina 60
... observe with particular interest the series of translations from the French romances which began in the thirteenth century . This was a courtly literature , which was originally written in the courtly French ; and the copious ...
... observe with particular interest the series of translations from the French romances which began in the thirteenth century . This was a courtly literature , which was originally written in the courtly French ; and the copious ...
Pagina 70
... may not be amiss to observe that the style of penmanship in which such docu- ments were then written has always been known as ' Court Hand . ' language from the time of the Conquest . Hallam tells 70 THE RISE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE .
... may not be amiss to observe that the style of penmanship in which such docu- ments were then written has always been known as ' Court Hand . ' language from the time of the Conquest . Hallam tells 70 THE RISE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE .
Pagina 92
... observe great traces of affinity between the idioms to the north and those on the south of the Scottish border . Peculiar words , such as bairn , bonny , are among the more superficial points of similarity . But we will select one that ...
... observe great traces of affinity between the idioms to the north and those on the south of the Scottish border . Peculiar words , such as bairn , bonny , are among the more superficial points of similarity . But we will select one that ...
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