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... possible what that English was like . 45 To fulfil this purpose I have assembled a series of texts covering the period 1600-1740 as evenly as possible . The initial date , 1600 , is dictated by the almost complete absence of any earlier ...
... possible what that English was like . 45 To fulfil this purpose I have assembled a series of texts covering the period 1600-1740 as evenly as possible . The initial date , 1600 , is dictated by the almost complete absence of any earlier ...
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... possible ( §196 ) . The word leufter ( ii 12 ) is meaningless as it stands , and it is probably misprinted . If f has been substituted for long s , leuster is a possible form of lewdster ' lewd person ' , but this seems an improbable ...
... possible ( §196 ) . The word leufter ( ii 12 ) is meaningless as it stands , and it is probably misprinted . If f has been substituted for long s , leuster is a possible form of lewdster ' lewd person ' , but this seems an improbable ...
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... possible explanations of this fact . The other scenes printed here are not localized , though the reference in a stage - direction to a " Fingall dance " makes it possible that Fingall was intended ; perhaps Michelburne confused two ...
... possible explanations of this fact . The other scenes printed here are not localized , though the reference in a stage - direction to a " Fingall dance " makes it possible that Fingall was intended ; perhaps Michelburne confused two ...
Contents
THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND II | 11 |
DESCRIPTION OF THE TEXTS | 31 |
TEXTS | 76 |
Copyright | |
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Aphorismical Discovery aund back vowel bilingual speakers Bog-Witticisms Brogue Captain consonant dear Joy Dermot Derry dialect diphthong Dobson doubt Dublin Dundalk England evidence final Fingall Fingallian front vowels haue Hiberno Hiberno-English Honest Whore idiom instances Ireland Irish Hudibras Irish language Irish Masque Irish neutral Irish words King loanwords long vowel maake Manx Gaelic meaning Munster Irish Nees non-standard spellings noun oaths occurs origin palatal palatal consonant Patrick phonemes phrase play postponed stress printed probably pronoun pronunciation Purgatorium Hibernicum rapparees reference reflect represent rhyme scene Scottish Scottish Gaelic secondary language seems seventeenth century sh-spellings shelf Shoul Sir John Oldcastle speech Stage Irish Standard English Stukeley Teague tell texts Thomas Thomas Stukeley thou Ubique XII Ulster unvoicing usage verb viii Welsh Embassador write construction xvii xviii xxiii xxiv xxvi xxvii