History of the English Language and Literature [by Robert Chambers]William and Robert Chambers, 1857 - 294 páginas |
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... chiefly of Teutonic origin ; and their various languages bear , accordingly , a strong general resemblance . From the sixth till the eleventh century , the Anglo- Saxon continued with little change to be the language of England . It ...
... chiefly of Teutonic origin ; and their various languages bear , accordingly , a strong general resemblance . From the sixth till the eleventh century , the Anglo- Saxon continued with little change to be the language of England . It ...
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... chiefly employed to express our homelier and more fami- liar ideas . During the twelfth and thirteenth centuries , while this process was going on , several writers used the popular language in the composition of rhyming chronicles ...
... chiefly employed to express our homelier and more fami- liar ideas . During the twelfth and thirteenth centuries , while this process was going on , several writers used the popular language in the composition of rhyming chronicles ...
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... chiefly in an allegorical style ; that is to say , he described all kinds of abstract ideas under the semblance of things real and tangible . Petrarch , on the other hand , wrote amatory poetry with wonderful delicacy . There was ...
... chiefly in an allegorical style ; that is to say , he described all kinds of abstract ideas under the semblance of things real and tangible . Petrarch , on the other hand , wrote amatory poetry with wonderful delicacy . There was ...
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... chiefly of Teutonic origin , partly through the Saxons who had spread northward , and partly through Danish settlers and others from the north of Europe , who had taken possession of the eastern coasts . Except in its having a slighter ...
... chiefly of Teutonic origin , partly through the Saxons who had spread northward , and partly through Danish settlers and others from the north of Europe , who had taken possession of the eastern coasts . Except in its having a slighter ...
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... , such as should please the prince . This should cause gentlemen to resort to the ancient customs of chivalry , to great fame and renown , & c . DUNBAR . 15 and a few miscellaneous poems , chiefly 14 FROM 1400 To 1558 .
... , such as should please the prince . This should cause gentlemen to resort to the ancient customs of chivalry , to great fame and renown , & c . DUNBAR . 15 and a few miscellaneous poems , chiefly 14 FROM 1400 To 1558 .
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