Studies in English: Or, Glimpses of the Inner Life of Our LanguageC. Scribner, 1869 - 365 páginas |
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accent adjectives adverbs already ancient Anglo-Saxon appears became become Ben Jonson Bible version Cæsar called Canterbury Tales Celtic Celts century Chaucer Church class of words common compound connection contracted course Danes Danish derived diminutive employed England express fact familiar famous fathers finally foreign words former French French words frequently gender German gradually Greek guage hence Henry VIII idea idiom inflections Italian Julius Cæsar king known land language large number Latin letters lish lost manner meaning modern English nations nature Norman nouns occasionally Old English old Saxon oldest once origin Paradise Lost participle peculiar person Piers Ploughman plural preserved probably pronoun Queen race Roman Romance languages root Saxon words says seems Shakespeare shortened similar simple soon sound speak speech spelling Spenser strong surnames survives syllable tendency termination thou tion tongue town traced verbs vowel whilst Wickliffe writers