A Manual of English Literature: And of the History of the English Language, from the Norman Conquest. With Numerous SpecimensGriffin, 1867 - 536 Seiten |
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... fact that may be buried in them . If there be any grace in the manner in which the fact are related , any beauty of style in the narrative , it has perished irretrievably . But this is what also appears to happen , in a greater or less ...
... fact that may be buried in them . If there be any grace in the manner in which the fact are related , any beauty of style in the narrative , it has perished irretrievably . But this is what also appears to happen , in a greater or less ...
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... fact to be accounted a nearer relation of the Spanish and Italian than of the modern French . The latter is exclusively the offspring of the Romance of northern Gaul , which , both during its first growth and subsequently , was acted ...
... fact to be accounted a nearer relation of the Spanish and Italian than of the modern French . The latter is exclusively the offspring of the Romance of northern Gaul , which , both during its first growth and subsequently , was acted ...
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... fact , either in verse or in prose , has come down to us from beyond that century , nor is there reason to believe that it had been much earlier turned to account for literary purposes even in France itself . The great mass of the ...
... fact , either in verse or in prose , has come down to us from beyond that century , nor is there reason to believe that it had been much earlier turned to account for literary purposes even in France itself . The great mass of the ...
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The Languages of Modern Europe | 1 |
The Celtic Languages and Literatures | 7 |
Original English commonly called Saxon or AngloSaxon | 15 |
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