A Hand-book of English LiteratureLee & Shepard, 1888 - 608 Seiten |
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... seen ; but in our language the only trace of the first is in the name for distance , mile , and in compounds of stratum , as in Stratford ; the second lives in the terminations cester and caster , and in the abridged form of colonia ...
... seen ; but in our language the only trace of the first is in the name for distance , mile , and in compounds of stratum , as in Stratford ; the second lives in the terminations cester and caster , and in the abridged form of colonia ...
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... seen in the language , in which the harmonized Norman and Anglo - Saxon elements exhibit the results of the long conflict of opinions , customs , letters , and laws . The fusion of Norman and Anglo - Saxon was very slowly accom- plished ...
... seen in the language , in which the harmonized Norman and Anglo - Saxon elements exhibit the results of the long conflict of opinions , customs , letters , and laws . The fusion of Norman and Anglo - Saxon was very slowly accom- plished ...
Seite xvi
... seen in every part of our literary history . Our poetry , our science , our sermons , even our familiar talk , show the marks made by the imperceptible but mighty movement of that speech which symbolizes the progressive thought of our ...
... seen in every part of our literary history . Our poetry , our science , our sermons , even our familiar talk , show the marks made by the imperceptible but mighty movement of that speech which symbolizes the progressive thought of our ...
Seite xix
... seen in the grotesque and profane effect produced by the narration of sacred historical events in the vulgar phrases used by the uneducated . In the drama of Saul , by Voltaire , one of the wittiest productions of this scoffing author ...
... seen in the grotesque and profane effect produced by the narration of sacred historical events in the vulgar phrases used by the uneducated . In the drama of Saul , by Voltaire , one of the wittiest productions of this scoffing author ...
Seite xx
... seen of the elements of our language it will be inferred when simple facts are to be mentioned we shall naturally use Saxon words ; but any generalization of those facts will require the use of words from the Latin and Greek . Thus run ...
... seen of the elements of our language it will be inferred when simple facts are to be mentioned we shall naturally use Saxon words ; but any generalization of those facts will require the use of words from the Latin and Greek . Thus run ...
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