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... appear- ance it may therefore be worth while to examine for a moment the probable nature and extent of these alterations . Dr. Adam Smith , in his very ingenious essay on the formation of languages , has observed , that the order in ...
... appear- ance it may therefore be worth while to examine for a moment the probable nature and extent of these alterations . Dr. Adam Smith , in his very ingenious essay on the formation of languages , has observed , that the order in ...
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... appear , that there is no other criterion but that which is noticed by Mr. Tyrwhitt , namely , " a greater pomp of diction , and a more stately kind of march . " The variety of inflection , by which the Anglo - Saxon language was ...
... appear , that there is no other criterion but that which is noticed by Mr. Tyrwhitt , namely , " a greater pomp of diction , and a more stately kind of march . " The variety of inflection , by which the Anglo - Saxon language was ...
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... appear to have adopted them , to- gether with the ornament of rhyme , in imitation of the Latin monkish versifiers . To whom we should ascribe the original invention of this ornament is not quite s so certain . Fauchet claims it for his ...
... appear to have adopted them , to- gether with the ornament of rhyme , in imitation of the Latin monkish versifiers . To whom we should ascribe the original invention of this ornament is not quite s so certain . Fauchet claims it for his ...
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... practical chronology , full of erudition , and dedicated to his uncle , Humphrey de Than , Chaplain to Hugh Bigod , who became Seneschal to Henry I. in the year 1107 , soon after which the poem appears to have been written . His next [ 41 ]
... practical chronology , full of erudition , and dedicated to his uncle , Humphrey de Than , Chaplain to Hugh Bigod , who became Seneschal to Henry I. in the year 1107 , soon after which the poem appears to have been written . His next [ 41 ]
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George Ellis. the poem appears to have been written . His next work is entitled Le Bestiare , dedicated to Ade- laide de Louvain , who was married to Henry I. in 1121 , so that the poem must have been written after that time . It is a ...
George Ellis. the poem appears to have been written . His next work is entitled Le Bestiare , dedicated to Ade- laide de Louvain , who was married to Henry I. in 1121 , so that the poem must have been written after that time . It is a ...
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