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Page 144
... later social rank or landed wealth was the Latin comes ( German Graf , Anglo - Saxon eal- dorman ) , or " count . " Comes originally meant compan- ion or member of the king's household of specially trained warriors ; the appointment of ...
... later social rank or landed wealth was the Latin comes ( German Graf , Anglo - Saxon eal- dorman ) , or " count . " Comes originally meant compan- ion or member of the king's household of specially trained warriors ; the appointment of ...
Page 205
... later - Hebrew , the boy had instruction at home , perhaps partly in modern languages , from private tutors . Milton was from childhood a voracious student ; he traced the initial cause of his later blindness to his having , from his ...
... later - Hebrew , the boy had instruction at home , perhaps partly in modern languages , from private tutors . Milton was from childhood a voracious student ; he traced the initial cause of his later blindness to his having , from his ...
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... later . Indications for loud and soft arose early in the century , expressed as words ( forte , mezzoforte , piano ) and later as abbreviations ( f , mf , p ) . Graphic signs for dynamic and attack ( staccato dot , crescendo mark , for ...
... later . Indications for loud and soft arose early in the century , expressed as words ( forte , mezzoforte , piano ) and later as abbreviations ( f , mf , p ) . Graphic signs for dynamic and attack ( staccato dot , crescendo mark , for ...
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