Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London from the Roman Invasion to the Year 1700 ...: To which are Added, Illustrations of the Changes in Our Language, Literary Customs, and Gradual Improvement in Style and Versification, and Various Particulars Concerning Public and Private Libraries ...Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811 - 576 Seiten |
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... relating to the mode of living of the general mass of the people . Their habitations were , proba- bly , very small ; but whether they were invariably of wood , and thatched , or covered with reeds , is problematical ; as but little art ...
... relating to the mode of living of the general mass of the people . Their habitations were , proba- bly , very small ; but whether they were invariably of wood , and thatched , or covered with reeds , is problematical ; as but little art ...
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... relating the cruelties she had experienced , and those suffered by her offspring , exhorted them to confide in their own strength and the weakness of the enemy ; adding , that she was resolved to conquer or die free , whatever might be ...
... relating the cruelties she had experienced , and those suffered by her offspring , exhorted them to confide in their own strength and the weakness of the enemy ; adding , that she was resolved to conquer or die free , whatever might be ...
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... relating to the manners of the people might be collected from authors who have written the early history of neighbouring states ; but this is at best an uncertain method of judging of them : indeed , as much may be imagined by ...
... relating to the manners of the people might be collected from authors who have written the early history of neighbouring states ; but this is at best an uncertain method of judging of them : indeed , as much may be imagined by ...
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... relating to the state of society amongst the Anglo- Saxons , will enable the reader to form a tolerable idea of the domestic habits of this branch of our ancestry , who , it is probable , with the exception of the Thanes , did not ...
... relating to the state of society amongst the Anglo- Saxons , will enable the reader to form a tolerable idea of the domestic habits of this branch of our ancestry , who , it is probable , with the exception of the Thanes , did not ...
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... relating to the language of the time . syn Ralph Higden , in his Polychronicon , translated by Trevisa , and printed by Master Caxton , speaking of the causes of the impairing of our language , says : " One is by cause that children ...
... relating to the language of the time . syn Ralph Higden , in his Polychronicon , translated by Trevisa , and printed by Master Caxton , speaking of the causes of the impairing of our language , says : " One is by cause that children ...
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