Manual of English LiteratureJ.M. Dent & Company, 1926 - 356 pagina's |
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... language English — that is , the language of the Angles , as there can be little doubt it had been called from the time when it first became known as a distinct form of human speech . The term Anglo - Saxon means 66 English Saxon ...
... language English — that is , the language of the Angles , as there can be little doubt it had been called from the time when it first became known as a distinct form of human speech . The term Anglo - Saxon means 66 English Saxon ...
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... language is afforded by what exists of it in a written form . Of the English language we have a continuous succession of written remains since the seventh century , and they afford us a record or representa- tion of the language in ...
... language is afforded by what exists of it in a written form . Of the English language we have a continuous succession of written remains since the seventh century , and they afford us a record or representa- tion of the language in ...
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... language of government and legislation in England was the French , -that all pleadings , at least in the supreme courts , were carried on in that language , — and that in it all deeds were drawn up and all laws promulgated . " This ...
... language of government and legislation in England was the French , -that all pleadings , at least in the supreme courts , were carried on in that language , — and that in it all deeds were drawn up and all laws promulgated . " This ...
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