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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... never transferred themselves in a body , or generally , to England . They did not , like the barbarous populations of a preceding age , abandon for this new country the one in which they had previously dwelt . England was never thus ...
... never transferred themselves in a body , or generally , to England . They did not , like the barbarous populations of a preceding age , abandon for this new country the one in which they had previously dwelt . England was never thus ...
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... never look backward to their ancestors . Besides , the people of England well know , that the idea of inheritance furnishes a sure principle of con- servation , and a sure principle of transmission , without at all excluding a principle ...
... never look backward to their ancestors . Besides , the people of England well know , that the idea of inheritance furnishes a sure principle of con- servation , and a sure principle of transmission , without at all excluding a principle ...
Pagina 455
... never be mine , Although even hope is denied , " Tis sweeter for thee despairing Than aught in the world beside , Jessy ! Ae2 fond kiss , and then we sever ; Ae fareweel , alas , for ever ! Had we never loved sae kindly , Had we never ...
... never be mine , Although even hope is denied , " Tis sweeter for thee despairing Than aught in the world beside , Jessy ! Ae2 fond kiss , and then we sever ; Ae fareweel , alas , for ever ! Had we never loved sae kindly , Had we never ...
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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