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... regarded as of any considerable distinction . If that be so , it will , whatever its defects of execution , present a view of the whole subject of which it professes to treat ; for it is only great names and great works that make a ...
... regarded as of any considerable distinction . If that be so , it will , whatever its defects of execution , present a view of the whole subject of which it professes to treat ; for it is only great names and great works that make a ...
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... regarded as of a scien- tific character . In the earliest state in which it is 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 ...
... regarded as of a scien- tific character . In the earliest state in which it is 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 ...
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... regarded as commencing with the poetry of Chaucer in the middle of the fourteenth century . G. L. C. P.S. Upon more careful consideration , I find that the simile in the 6th Iliad is not fairly represented in the translation given vol ...
... regarded as commencing with the poetry of Chaucer in the middle of the fourteenth century . G. L. C. P.S. Upon more careful consideration , I find that the simile in the 6th Iliad is not fairly represented in the translation given vol ...
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... regarded as that of their probable introduc- tion into Europe from Asia or the East , or at any rate of their establishment in the localities of which they are now severally in possession . First , apparently , came the Celtic , now ...
... regarded as that of their probable introduc- tion into Europe from Asia or the East , or at any rate of their establishment in the localities of which they are now severally in possession . First , apparently , came the Celtic , now ...
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... regarded as having been natives of the British islands . Gildas , our earliest historian of whom anything remains , also wrote in Latin . St. Gildas the Wise , as he is styled , was a son of Caw , Prince of Strathclyde , in the capital ...
... regarded as having been natives of the British islands . Gildas , our earliest historian of whom anything remains , also wrote in Latin . St. Gildas the Wise , as he is styled , was a son of Caw , Prince of Strathclyde , in the capital ...
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