A Compendious History of English Literature and of the English Language, from the Norman Conquest, Volume 1 |
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... written in it , nor would all that has been written in the language neces- sarily comprehend all its literature , for much true literature may exist , and has existed , without having been written . Litera- ture is composed of words ...
... written in it , nor would all that has been written in the language neces- sarily comprehend all its literature , for much true literature may exist , and has existed , without having been written . Litera- ture is composed of words ...
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... written , or visibly represented in any form . Every language that has come to be written has also existed in an un- written state . No language has been born a written language , any more than it was ever heard tell of that a boy had ...
... written , or visibly represented in any form . Every language that has come to be written has also existed in an un- written state . No language has been born a written language , any more than it was ever heard tell of that a boy had ...
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... written . In the want of such , perhaps the best thing that could be done in a precisely scientific treatment of the subject would be to understand the common terms language and speech when used absolutely , or without qualification ...
... written . In the want of such , perhaps the best thing that could be done in a precisely scientific treatment of the subject would be to understand the common terms language and speech when used absolutely , or without qualification ...
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... written by Bede is in the Latin language . He was born some time between the years 672 and 677 , at Jarrow , a ... writing . His principal task was the composition of his celebrated Ecclesiastical History of England , which he brought to ...
... written by Bede is in the Latin language . He was born some time between the years 672 and 677 , at Jarrow , a ... writing . His principal task was the composition of his celebrated Ecclesiastical History of England , which he brought to ...
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... written by his contem- porary and friend Asser , bishop of Sherborn , afterwards Salisbury , one of the two sees ( Winchester being the other ) into which the original bishopric of Wessex was divided in the beginning of the eighth ...
... written by his contem- porary and friend Asser , bishop of Sherborn , afterwards Salisbury , one of the two sees ( Winchester being the other ) into which the original bishopric of Wessex was divided in the beginning of the eighth ...
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