Introduction to American Literature: Or, The Origin and Development of the English Language, with Gems of Poetry |
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Page 68
... Norman conquest , to show that whatever changes took place in the dialects of the south- ern and western parts of Britain , it never lost its distinctive character or became what can with any propriety be termed Dano Saxon . After the ...
... Norman conquest , to show that whatever changes took place in the dialects of the south- ern and western parts of Britain , it never lost its distinctive character or became what can with any propriety be termed Dano Saxon . After the ...
Page 101
... Norman conquest exerted a two - fold influence upon the vernacular Saxon tongue . The rudiments of cultivation , and the ideas of refinement and splendor that were then introduced from France tended , in the course of time , to improve ...
... Norman conquest exerted a two - fold influence upon the vernacular Saxon tongue . The rudiments of cultivation , and the ideas of refinement and splendor that were then introduced from France tended , in the course of time , to improve ...
Page 126
... conquest to the thirteenth century the Norman French was the prevailing lan- guage : the laws were written in it as were the first specimens of vernacular literature ; but for the benefit and by the influence of that class of people who ...
... conquest to the thirteenth century the Norman French was the prevailing lan- guage : the laws were written in it as were the first specimens of vernacular literature ; but for the benefit and by the influence of that class of people who ...
Page 154
... conquest ; the crowd of French versi- fiers that sprang into existence , and clustered around the Norman's throne , following his train , and crowd- ing his courts , to amuse his attendants and celebrate his praise , made versification ...
... conquest ; the crowd of French versi- fiers that sprang into existence , and clustered around the Norman's throne , following his train , and crowd- ing his courts , to amuse his attendants and celebrate his praise , made versification ...
Page 417
... Norman conquest , for very few French words are found to have been introduced in the first hundred years after it ; the language must , therefore , have been altered by causes like those which , notwithstanding the care of writers and ...
... Norman conquest , for very few French words are found to have been introduced in the first hundred years after it ; the language must , therefore , have been altered by causes like those which , notwithstanding the care of writers and ...
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