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... known to us the English is both a homogeneous and a synthetic language - homo- geneous in its vocabulary , synthetic in its grammatical struc- ture . It has since , though , of course , always operated upon , like everything human , by ...
... known to us the English is both a homogeneous and a synthetic language - homo- geneous in its vocabulary , synthetic in its grammatical struc- ture . It has since , though , of course , always operated upon , like everything human , by ...
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... known to the ancients . It is somewhat remarkable that , while a good many names of natives of Gaul are recorded in connexion with the last age of Roman literature , scarcely a British name of that period of any literary reputation has ...
... known to the ancients . It is somewhat remarkable that , while a good many names of natives of Gaul are recorded in connexion with the last age of Roman literature , scarcely a British name of that period of any literary reputation has ...
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... known forms of the Celtic are now regarded as coming under two great divisions , the Gaelic and the Cymric ; Ireland being the head seat of the Gaelic ( which may therefore also be called Irish ) , Wales being the head seat of the ...
... known forms of the Celtic are now regarded as coming under two great divisions , the Gaelic and the Cymric ; Ireland being the head seat of the Gaelic ( which may therefore also be called Irish ) , Wales being the head seat of the ...
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... known facts warrant us if we were to say that a Gothic tongue and a Celtic tongue are incapable of a true amalgamation . But undoubtedly it would require no common pressure to overcome so strong an opposition of nature and genius . The ...
... known facts warrant us if we were to say that a Gothic tongue and a Celtic tongue are incapable of a true amalgamation . But undoubtedly it would require no common pressure to overcome so strong an opposition of nature and genius . The ...
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... known as the Mabinogion , preserved in a MS . of the fourteenth century , which has now been published , with an English translation and notes , by Lady Charlotte Guest , in three sumptuous volumes , 8vo . London , 1838-1850 , -one of ...
... known as the Mabinogion , preserved in a MS . of the fourteenth century , which has now been published , with an English translation and notes , by Lady Charlotte Guest , in three sumptuous volumes , 8vo . London , 1838-1850 , -one of ...
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