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... never have been performed — there are long speeches and theological controversies , and battalion orders of the day are given in full ; it is true that a very vivid picture of events emerges in the end , but one would have thought that ...
... never have been performed — there are long speeches and theological controversies , and battalion orders of the day are given in full ; it is true that a very vivid picture of events emerges in the end , but one would have thought that ...
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... never want any ting in his life , nor never releave de poore shervants of God , the priests dat sherve at de altar , but spent all his rents upon meate and drink , among a company of fwores , 125 and rogues , and knaves , and sheats ...
... never want any ting in his life , nor never releave de poore shervants of God , the priests dat sherve at de altar , but spent all his rents upon meate and drink , among a company of fwores , 125 and rogues , and knaves , and sheats ...
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... never vi 80. [ 115 ] never ' ever ' xxvii 135. [ 184 ] newesh news vi 60. [ 94 ] niff ' an if ' xxi 7 . no ' not ' xii 115 , xiii 18 ; ' any ' xxii 60 , xxvii 104. [ 184 ] noggans ' quarter - pints ' xxiii 54 . Cf. Ir . naigin , noigin ...
... never vi 80. [ 115 ] never ' ever ' xxvii 135. [ 184 ] newesh news vi 60. [ 94 ] niff ' an if ' xxi 7 . no ' not ' xii 115 , xiii 18 ; ' any ' xxii 60 , xxvii 104. [ 184 ] noggans ' quarter - pints ' xxiii 54 . Cf. Ir . naigin , noigin ...
Contents
THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND | 9 |
DESCRIPTION OF THE TEXTS TEXTS | 31 |
Captain Thomas Stukeley 15961605 | 77 |
Copyright | |
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Aphorismical Discovery back vowel bilingual speakers Bog-Witticisms Captain consonant dialects diphthong Dobson doubt Dublin Dunton ejaculation England evidence final Fingall Fingallian front vowels Hiberno Hiberno-English Honest Whore instances Ireland Irish Hudibras Irish language Irish Masque Irish neutral Irish words lengthening loanwords long vowel Manx Gaelic meaning medial Middle English Munster Irish non-standard spellings noun oaths occurs origin palatal palatal consonant Patrick phonemes phrase play postponed stress present-day Hiberno-English primary language printed probably pronounced pronunciation Purgatorium Hibernicum rapparees referred reflect represent rhyme Scottish Scottish Gaelic secondary language seems seventeenth century sh-spellings shelf short vowel shortening Shoul speech Standard English Stukeley syllable Teague tell texts Thomas Stukeley thou Ubique XII Ulster unstressed unvoicing usage verb viii voiced Welsh Embassador write construction writers xvii xviii xxii xxiii xxiv xxvi xxvii