The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1871 - 599 pagine |
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Pagina 34
... taken place . spells in old Saxon as in modern English , but yet it has altered in grammatical habit , in application , and in con- vertible use . In grammatical habit it has altered ; for in Saxon it had a genitive mannes , a dative ...
... taken place . spells in old Saxon as in modern English , but yet it has altered in grammatical habit , in application , and in con- vertible use . In grammatical habit it has altered ; for in Saxon it had a genitive mannes , a dative ...
Pagina 38
... taken place in the preposition WITH is more than the going or coming of many long words . WITH in Saxon meant against , and we have still a relic of that sense in our compound verb WITHSTAND , which means to stand against , to oppose ...
... taken place in the preposition WITH is more than the going or coming of many long words . WITH in Saxon meant against , and we have still a relic of that sense in our compound verb WITHSTAND , which means to stand against , to oppose ...
Pagina 59
... of our literary language opened the way for much of west - country style that never could have been admitted unless such an interruption had taken place . It has already been shewn above that the Saxon literary OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 59.
... of our literary language opened the way for much of west - country style that never could have been admitted unless such an interruption had taken place . It has already been shewn above that the Saxon literary OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 59.
Pagina 74
... taken from Warton's History of English Poetry ( ed . Price ) . Selections from an Elegy on the Death of King Edward I , who died A.D. 1307 . I. Alle that beop of huerte trewe A stounde herknep to my song , Of Duel that Dep hap diht vs ...
... taken from Warton's History of English Poetry ( ed . Price ) . Selections from an Elegy on the Death of King Edward I , who died A.D. 1307 . I. Alle that beop of huerte trewe A stounde herknep to my song , Of Duel that Dep hap diht vs ...
Pagina 81
... . chiere and face . Ibid . 2586 . Sometimes this feature might escape notice from the alteration that has taken place in the meaning of words . G In the following quotation from the Prologue , there are OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 81.
... . chiere and face . Ibid . 2586 . Sometimes this feature might escape notice from the alteration that has taken place in the meaning of words . G In the following quotation from the Prologue , there are OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 81.
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