A Compendious History of English Literature and of the English Language, from the Norman Conquest, Volume 1 |
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... probably in all languages , do mean etymologically- and to distinguish written language as language representative . But for ordinary purposes this is not necessary ; as in other cases , the context makes the sense clear ...
... probably in all languages , do mean etymologically- and to distinguish written language as language representative . But for ordinary purposes this is not necessary ; as in other cases , the context makes the sense clear ...
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... probably that given in the Monumenta Historica Britannica , from a collation of no fewer than twenty - six manu- scripts . An English version , originally published by Mr. Gunn in his edition of the Vatican text , is reprinted by Dr ...
... probably that given in the Monumenta Historica Britannica , from a collation of no fewer than twenty - six manu- scripts . An English version , originally published by Mr. Gunn in his edition of the Vatican text , is reprinted by Dr ...
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... probably appeared at Eslingen , in Germany , between 1471 and 1475. Three other continental editions followed before the end of the fifteenth century ; and no fewer than nine more in the course of the sixteenth . The first edition ...
... probably appeared at Eslingen , in Germany , between 1471 and 1475. Three other continental editions followed before the end of the fifteenth century ; and no fewer than nine more in the course of the sixteenth . The first edition ...
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... Probably any other two languages of the entire multitude held to be of this general stock would unite more readily than two of which only one was Celtic . It would be nearly the same case with that of the inter- mixture of an Indo ...
... Probably any other two languages of the entire multitude held to be of this general stock would unite more readily than two of which only one was Celtic . It would be nearly the same case with that of the inter- mixture of an Indo ...
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... probably the work of a monk who , with no great know- ledge of history , collected some of the numerous traditions relating to King Alfred which were then current , and joined them with the legends in the life of St. Neot and the ...
... probably the work of a monk who , with no great know- ledge of history , collected some of the numerous traditions relating to King Alfred which were then current , and joined them with the legends in the life of St. Neot and the ...
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