The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1871 - 599 pagine |
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Pagina 17
... tion . The story which Bæda gives us in the eighth century , is , that there were people from three tribes , Angles , Saxons , and Jutes . The latter were said to be still distinguishable in Kent and the Isle of Wight ; but , except in ...
... tion . The story which Bæda gives us in the eighth century , is , that there were people from three tribes , Angles , Saxons , and Jutes . The latter were said to be still distinguishable in Kent and the Isle of Wight ; but , except in ...
Pagina 28
... tion of Alfred's name , we seem to enter upon a compara- tively modern era , and to quit the obscurity of the pre - Danish period . Wessex , or the country of the West Saxons , be- comes the arena of our narrative henceforth , and we ...
... tion of Alfred's name , we seem to enter upon a compara- tively modern era , and to quit the obscurity of the pre - Danish period . Wessex , or the country of the West Saxons , be- comes the arena of our narrative henceforth , and we ...
Pagina 57
... tion with disorderly excitement and the thirst for sudden wealth ; it suggests to our minds some laudable adventure , or elevates the thought to some of those exalted aims for which men have hazarded their lives . Another word may be ...
... tion with disorderly excitement and the thirst for sudden wealth ; it suggests to our minds some laudable adventure , or elevates the thought to some of those exalted aims for which men have hazarded their lives . Another word may be ...
Pagina 69
... tion might be uncertain , and likewise the highways , ap- pertained to the royal jurisdiction . That is to say , a crime committed on the highway was as if committed in the King's own personal domain , and fell to his courts to judge ...
... tion might be uncertain , and likewise the highways , ap- pertained to the royal jurisdiction . That is to say , a crime committed on the highway was as if committed in the King's own personal domain , and fell to his courts to judge ...
Pagina 77
... tion of the vast amount of French which it had absorbed . It is a familiar sound to hear Chaucer called the well of English undefiled . But this expression never had any other meaning than that Chaucer's language was free from those ...
... tion of the vast amount of French which it had absorbed . It is a familiar sound to hear Chaucer called the well of English undefiled . But this expression never had any other meaning than that Chaucer's language was free from those ...
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