History of the English Language and Literature [by Robert Chambers]William and Robert Chambers, 1857 - 294 páginas |
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... called , in reference to England , the British tongue ; in reference to Scotland , the Gaelic ; and in reference to Ireland , the Irish . It was originally the language of a large body of people called the Celts , who , several ...
... called , in reference to England , the British tongue ; in reference to Scotland , the Gaelic ; and in reference to Ireland , the Irish . It was originally the language of a large body of people called the Celts , who , several ...
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... called Angles , the country took the name of England , while the new language was denominated , from them , the Anglo - Saxon . This language was a branch of the Teutonic , -that is , the language of the Teutones , a nation which ...
... called Angles , the country took the name of England , while the new language was denominated , from them , the Anglo - Saxon . This language was a branch of the Teutonic , -that is , the language of the Teutones , a nation which ...
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... called MINSTRELS , some of whom were also poets . But the best part of the intellect of the country , was still employed in learned compositions in Latin . * * In order to convey at least , to the eye of the reader , a notion of the ...
... called MINSTRELS , some of whom were also poets . But the best part of the intellect of the country , was still employed in learned compositions in Latin . * * In order to convey at least , to the eye of the reader , a notion of the ...
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... called Chivalry , and led to those gallant but unfortunate expeditions , the Crusades , which had for their object the rescue of the Holy Land from the dominion of the Saracens . A consider- able number of the productions of the ...
... called Chivalry , and led to those gallant but unfortunate expeditions , the Crusades , which had for their object the rescue of the Holy Land from the dominion of the Saracens . A consider- able number of the productions of the ...
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... called the Canterbury Tales , which con- sists of a series of sportive and pathetic narratives , re- lated by a miscellaneous company in the course of a reli- gious pilgrimage to Canterbury . The work opens with a description of the ...
... called the Canterbury Tales , which con- sists of a series of sportive and pathetic narratives , re- lated by a miscellaneous company in the course of a reli- gious pilgrimage to Canterbury . The work opens with a description of the ...
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