A Manual of English Literature: And of the History of the English Language, from the Norman Conquest. With Numerous SpecimensGriffin, 1867 - 536 pagina's |
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... ancient ver- nacular tongue to the condition of a patois , and of its conversion from a synthetic to an analytic tongue ; 1154. End of the reign of the four Norman kings and accession of the Plantagenet dynasty ; Beginning of the ...
... ancient ver- nacular tongue to the condition of a patois , and of its conversion from a synthetic to an analytic tongue ; 1154. End of the reign of the four Norman kings and accession of the Plantagenet dynasty ; Beginning of the ...
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... Ancient English Metrical Romances , has collected , but not in the most satisfactory manner , some of the evidence we have as to the speech of the first Norman kings . He does not notice what Ordericus Vitalis tells us of the ...
... Ancient English Metrical Romances , has collected , but not in the most satisfactory manner , some of the evidence we have as to the speech of the first Norman kings . He does not notice what Ordericus Vitalis tells us of the ...
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... ancient laws , and to defend the temple of their forefathers , with as ardent a spirit as can inspire any innovator to destroy the monuments of the piety and the glory of ancient ages ? It is not a hazarded assertion , it is a great ...
... ancient laws , and to defend the temple of their forefathers , with as ardent a spirit as can inspire any innovator to destroy the monuments of the piety and the glory of ancient ages ? It is not a hazarded assertion , it is a great ...
Inhoudsopgave
The Languages of Modern Europe | 1 |
The Celtic Languages and Literatures | 7 |
Original English commonly called Saxon or AngloSaxon | 15 |
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