From the beginnings to the age of Henry VIII, by Richard GarnettMacmillan, 1935 - English literature |
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Page 104
... existence of a language which may be called French in the early part of the ninth century , but save for ballads , whose existence is rather a matter of inference than of knowledge , there is no evidence of its employment for literary ...
... existence of a language which may be called French in the early part of the ninth century , but save for ballads , whose existence is rather a matter of inference than of knowledge , there is no evidence of its employment for literary ...
Page 196
... existence is better established . Apart from the sepulchral inscription , the only testimony we have of the tity of Mande- existence of Mandeville is that of Jean d'Outremeuse or Des Preis , who wrote towards the end of the fourteenth ...
... existence is better established . Apart from the sepulchral inscription , the only testimony we have of the tity of Mande- existence of Mandeville is that of Jean d'Outremeuse or Des Preis , who wrote towards the end of the fourteenth ...
Page 155
... existence are few and far between , but it certainly did exist . The preponderating elements of the drama at the time Chere begynneth a treatple how s hye when the drama began to assert for existence fader of heuen lendeth dethe to fo ...
... existence are few and far between , but it certainly did exist . The preponderating elements of the drama at the time Chere begynneth a treatple how s hye when the drama began to assert for existence fader of heuen lendeth dethe to fo ...
Contents
Duality of English SpeechThe Celt the Roman and the SaxonChristianity and Anglo | 1 |
CHAPTER II | 37 |
CHAPTER III | 69 |
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