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... languages . We have a conspicuous example of this in our own English . We may be said to have the language before us in complete con- tinuity from the seventh century ; but the English of the earliest portion of this long space of time ...
... languages . We have a conspicuous example of this in our own English . We may be said to have the language before us in complete con- tinuity from the seventh century ; but the English of the earliest portion of this long space of time ...
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... Languages of Modern Europe PAGE 1 3 Early Latin Literature in Britain 6 The Celtic Languages and Literatures 12 Decay of the Earliest English Scholarship . 21 The English Language 28 Original English ( commonly called Saxon , or Anglo ...
... Languages of Modern Europe PAGE 1 3 Early Latin Literature in Britain 6 The Celtic Languages and Literatures 12 Decay of the Earliest English Scholarship . 21 The English Language 28 Original English ( commonly called Saxon , or Anglo ...
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... Language together , we shall be obliged to look at the language principally , or almost exclusively , as we find it employed in the service of the literature . But in its proper nature language is independent of writing . Writing is ...
... Language together , we shall be obliged to look at the language principally , or almost exclusively , as we find it employed in the service of the literature . But in its proper nature language is independent of writing . Writing is ...
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... 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 mean ...
... 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 mean ...
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... language that the fabric of literature is woven . But literature is not , like lan- guage , a necessary product of ... LANGUAGES OF MODERN EUROPE . The Languages of Modern Europe.
... language that the fabric of literature is woven . But literature is not , like lan- guage , a necessary product of ... LANGUAGES OF MODERN EUROPE . The Languages of Modern Europe.
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