A Compendious History of English Literature and of the English Language, from the Norman Conquest, Volume 1 |
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... common dictionaries , instead of two - thirds being of native origin , as usually assumed , and only one - third of ... common use both in speaking and in writing , which may be taken as about 10,000 in number , pro- bably full a half ...
... common dictionaries , instead of two - thirds being of native origin , as usually assumed , and only one - third of ... common use both in speaking and in writing , which may be taken as about 10,000 in number , pro- bably full a half ...
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... common to talk of language , which is really thought itself , as the dress of thought ; with much more truth might writing be called the dress of language . It is an artificial or non - natural addition which language assumes as it ...
... common to talk of language , which is really thought itself , as the dress of thought ; with much more truth might writing be called the dress of language . It is an artificial or non - natural addition which language assumes as it ...
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... common terms language and speech when used absolutely , or without qualification , as meaning always only language proper or spoken language , which is what these words , and the only correspond- ing ones probably in all languages , do ...
... common terms language and speech when used absolutely , or without qualification , as meaning always only language proper or spoken language , which is what these words , and the only correspond- ing ones probably in all languages , do ...
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... common arts of life ; from the other , that which , although not the feeding fruit of the tree or plant , but only its crowning flower , yet alone constitutes true civilization . THE LANGUAGES OF MODERN EUROPE . There have in every age ...
... common arts of life ; from the other , that which , although not the feeding fruit of the tree or plant , but only its crowning flower , yet alone constitutes true civilization . THE LANGUAGES OF MODERN EUROPE . There have in every age ...
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... common character by which they are all allied and discriminated from those belonging to quite other stocks . They may be said to present different shades of the same colour . And even in their geographical dis- tribution they lie as it ...
... common character by which they are all allied and discriminated from those belonging to quite other stocks . They may be said to present different shades of the same colour . And even in their geographical dis- tribution they lie as it ...
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afterwards ancient Anglo-Saxon appears Bede bishop cæsura called Canterbury Canterbury Tales Celtic character Chaucer Chronicle composition dialect Eadmer earliest early edition Edward England English English language entitled fourteenth century France Frederic Madden French Geoffrey Geoffrey of Monmouth Greek hath Henry Hist History House of Fame John king language Latin latter Layamon learned least Library lines literature Lond London Lord manuscript metrical romances modern monk native Norman Conquest Nott Ordericus Vitalis original Ormulum Oxford Paris passage perhaps Piers Ploughman Ploughman poem poet poetical poetry preserved printed probably prose published reign remarkable rhyme Richard Ritson Robert Robert of Gloucester Saint Saxon says Scriptores seems song speech spirit style supposed syllables Tale thing thirteenth century thou tion tongue translation trouvères twelfth century Tyrwhitt verse versification vols volume Warton William words Wright writer written