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Page 126
It has been well observed that the English language rose with the rise of the
commons ; an event which fist discovers itself in the reign of John , and which
was ascertained and fixed under Edward I. Chaucer perhaps perceived , and
was the ...
It has been well observed that the English language rose with the rise of the
commons ; an event which fist discovers itself in the reign of John , and which
was ascertained and fixed under Edward I. Chaucer perhaps perceived , and
was the ...
Page 266
Similar rules for avoiding incompatible sounds in compound terms exist in all
languages ; this is sometimes effected by a ... Such in . deed is the present
practice of those who still speak the Sanscrit language ; and they deliver
themselves with ...
Similar rules for avoiding incompatible sounds in compound terms exist in all
languages ; this is sometimes effected by a ... Such in . deed is the present
practice of those who still speak the Sanscrit language ; and they deliver
themselves with ...
Page 288
Had the bard found the French idiom as current as it is here supposed to have
been , he would have written in it ; for the idea of being the saviour of a language
was a sort of knighterrantry which did not belong to the age of our old poet .
Had the bard found the French idiom as current as it is here supposed to have
been , he would have written in it ; for the idea of being the saviour of a language
was a sort of knighterrantry which did not belong to the age of our old poet .
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