A Compendious History of English Literature and of the English Language, from the Norman Conquest, Volume 1 |
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... I ought not to have supposed it possible that Homer could have been in anything inconsistent with truth and nature . Queen's College , Belfast , September , 1861 . CONTENTS . VOL . I. INTRODUCTORY . Literature and Language X PREFACE .
... I ought not to have supposed it possible that Homer could have been in anything inconsistent with truth and nature . Queen's College , Belfast , September , 1861 . CONTENTS . VOL . I. INTRODUCTORY . Literature and Language X PREFACE .
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... alone among the tongues not only of Europe but of the world . It is supposed to be a remnant of the ancient Iberian or original language of Spain . The order in which the five sets or classes of 4 ENGLISH LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE .
... alone among the tongues not only of Europe but of the world . It is supposed to be a remnant of the ancient Iberian or original language of Spain . The order in which the five sets or classes of 4 ENGLISH LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE .
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... supposed to have been Coil the Good ; but of his works , or even of their titles or subjects , we know nothing . Ausonius , who seems to have entertained strong prejudices against the Britons , speaks of Sylvius with the same animosity ...
... supposed to have been Coil the Good ; but of his works , or even of their titles or subjects , we know nothing . Ausonius , who seems to have entertained strong prejudices against the Britons , speaks of Sylvius with the same animosity ...
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... supposed to have been introduced by St. Patrick in the fifth century , it is very remarkable that the alphabet , in the number and powers of its elements , exactly corresponds with that which Cadmus is recorded to have brought to Greece ...
... supposed to have been introduced by St. Patrick in the fifth century , it is very remarkable that the alphabet , in the number and powers of its elements , exactly corresponds with that which Cadmus is recorded to have brought to Greece ...
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... supposed to have established schools at Canterbury ; and , about a quarter of a century after- wards , Sigebert , king of the East Angles , who had spent part of his early life in France , is stated by Bede to have , upon his coming to ...
... supposed to have established schools at Canterbury ; and , about a quarter of a century after- wards , Sigebert , king of the East Angles , who had spent part of his early life in France , is stated by Bede to have , upon his coming to ...
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