The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1871 - 599 pagine |
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Pagina 65
... country had acquired an insular character ; it was full of Anglicisms and English words , and in fact must often have been little more than F deformed English . Even well - educated persons , such OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 65.
... country had acquired an insular character ; it was full of Anglicisms and English words , and in fact must often have been little more than F deformed English . Even well - educated persons , such OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 65.
Pagina 102
... characters . The Runic literature is mostly carved on stones , arrows , axes , knife - handles , swords and sword - hilts , clasps , spear- heads , pigs of metal , amulets , rings , bracelets , brooches , combs , horns , bracteates ...
... characters . The Runic literature is mostly carved on stones , arrows , axes , knife - handles , swords and sword - hilts , clasps , spear- heads , pigs of metal , amulets , rings , bracelets , brooches , combs , horns , bracteates ...
Pagina 104
... character thus excogitated ( ĐX ) did not supersede the Rune P , which continued to be used along with it in a confused and arbitrary manner , until they were both ultimately banished by the general adoption of the TH . This change was ...
... character thus excogitated ( ĐX ) did not supersede the Rune P , which continued to be used along with it in a confused and arbitrary manner , until they were both ultimately banished by the general adoption of the TH . This change was ...
Pagina 105
... characters . Of the five vowels A E I OU , there is but one , viz . o , of which the name is at all like that given it in France or Germany . But it is in the names of A and I and U that our insular tendencies have THE ENGLISH ALPHABET ...
... characters . Of the five vowels A E I OU , there is but one , viz . o , of which the name is at all like that given it in France or Germany . But it is in the names of A and I and U that our insular tendencies have THE ENGLISH ALPHABET ...
Pagina 106
... character I we call eye or igh ; the U we call yew . That I was called eye in Shakspeare's time , seems indicated by that line in Midsummer Night's Dream , iii . 2 . 188 : - : - Fair Helena ; who more engilds the night , Then all yon ...
... character I we call eye or igh ; the U we call yew . That I was called eye in Shakspeare's time , seems indicated by that line in Midsummer Night's Dream , iii . 2 . 188 : - : - Fair Helena ; who more engilds the night , Then all yon ...
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