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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... popular speech , though , of course , much changed and debased from what it was in the days of its old renown , when it lived on the lips of rank and genius and beauty , and was the favourite vehicle of love and song . The Langue d'Oyl ...
... popular speech , though , of course , much changed and debased from what it was in the days of its old renown , when it lived on the lips of rank and genius and beauty , and was the favourite vehicle of love and song . The Langue d'Oyl ...
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... popularity lasted , Albion's England was one of the most popular long poems ever written . But that was only for about twenty years : although the early portion of it had in less than that time gone through half a dozen editions , the ...
... popularity lasted , Albion's England was one of the most popular long poems ever written . But that was only for about twenty years : although the early portion of it had in less than that time gone through half a dozen editions , the ...
Pagina 403
... popular and generally read books in the language , retaining their hold upon the public mind to a degree which perhaps never was equalled by any other literary production having so special a reference , in the greater part of it , to ...
... popular and generally read books in the language , retaining their hold upon the public mind to a degree which perhaps never was equalled by any other literary production having so special a reference , in the greater part of it , to ...
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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