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... Romance : -The Saint Greal ; Luc du Gast ; Buron ; 91 92 94 95 96 101 105 • 108 110 · 111 • 113 114 117 117 119 ... Romances : — -Froissart 156 160 • 163 · 168 • Resurrection of the English Language SECOND ENGLISH : -Commonly called Semi ...
... Romance : -The Saint Greal ; Luc du Gast ; Buron ; 91 92 94 95 96 101 105 • 108 110 · 111 • 113 114 117 117 119 ... Romances : — -Froissart 156 160 • 163 · 168 • Resurrection of the English Language SECOND ENGLISH : -Commonly called Semi ...
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... Romances Publications of Percy , Warton , Tyrwhitt , Pinkerton , Herbert , Ritson , Ellis , Scott , Weber , Utterson ... Romance Metrical Chronicle of Robert of Gloucester Robert Mannyng , or De Brunne Rolle , or Hampole ; Davie Lawrence ...
... Romances Publications of Percy , Warton , Tyrwhitt , Pinkerton , Herbert , Ritson , Ellis , Scott , Weber , Utterson ... Romance Metrical Chronicle of Robert of Gloucester Robert Mannyng , or De Brunne Rolle , or Hampole ; Davie Lawrence ...
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... Romance or the Neo - Latin , that is , the New Latin , tongues ; of these the principal are the Italian , the Spanish , and the French . Thirdly , there are what have been variously designated the Germanic , Teutonic , or Gothic tongues ...
... Romance or the Neo - Latin , that is , the New Latin , tongues ; of these the principal are the Italian , the Spanish , and the French . Thirdly , there are what have been variously designated the Germanic , Teutonic , or Gothic tongues ...
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... Romance tongues also , indeed , belong to distinct branches of what is called the Indo - European family ; but the Celtic branch , though admitted to be of the same tree , has much more of a character of its own than any of the others ...
... Romance tongues also , indeed , belong to distinct branches of what is called the Indo - European family ; but the Celtic branch , though admitted to be of the same tree , has much more of a character of its own than any of the others ...
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... Romance tongues , the Italian , the Spanish , the French , are all , recognized as such , confessedly of much later origin . The English language is recorded to have been known by 30 ENGLISH LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE .
... Romance tongues , the Italian , the Spanish , the French , are all , recognized as such , confessedly of much later origin . The English language is recorded to have been known by 30 ENGLISH LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE .
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