Origins of the English People and the English LanguageD. Appleton, 1888 - 658 pagina's |
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Pagina xx
... according to their origin ― The language of a people is of itself alone no test of race - The history of the formation of a language is essen- tially the history of the people who speak it and of those who have spoken it - They mutually ...
... according to their origin ― The language of a people is of itself alone no test of race - The history of the formation of a language is essen- tially the history of the people who speak it and of those who have spoken it - They mutually ...
Pagina 2
... According to the authors of the earliest Triads , ' the island which now bears the name of Great Britain was originally called the Country of Green Hills , afterward the Island of Honey , and later , again , the Island of Bryt or ...
... According to the authors of the earliest Triads , ' the island which now bears the name of Great Britain was originally called the Country of Green Hills , afterward the Island of Honey , and later , again , the Island of Bryt or ...
Pagina 3
... according to Latin orthography , the Cambrians and the Logrians . The Cambrian nations claimed the higher antiquity . They had come in a body from the eastern extremities of Europe , across the German Ocean . One part of the emigrants ...
... according to Latin orthography , the Cambrians and the Logrians . The Cambrian nations claimed the higher antiquity . They had come in a body from the eastern extremities of Europe , across the German Ocean . One part of the emigrants ...
Pagina 4
... according to the British annals , on the southern coast of the island . From the same records it appears that they emigrated from the southwest coast of Gaul , and derived their ori- gin from the same primitive race as the Cambrians ...
... according to the British annals , on the southern coast of the island . From the same records it appears that they emigrated from the southwest coast of Gaul , and derived their ori- gin from the same primitive race as the Cambrians ...
Pagina 6
... according to a remarkable consensus of authori- ties , were tall , pale , and light - haired ; but , as between the 1 Cæsar , De Bell . Gall . , v , c . 21 . 2 Strabo , iv , 297 . The Museum of Aix contains bas - reliefs representing ...
... according to a remarkable consensus of authori- ties , were tall , pale , and light - haired ; but , as between the 1 Cæsar , De Bell . Gall . , v , c . 21 . 2 Strabo , iv , 297 . The Museum of Aix contains bas - reliefs representing ...
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afterward agus ancient Angles Anglo-Saxon appears army became Bede Britain British Britons Cæsar called Celtic Celts century Charlemagne chief Christian Chronicle church civilization coast common conquerors conquest court Danes Danish derived dialects district Druids Duke Dutch early England English English language foreign France Franks French language French words Friesians Gaelic Gaul Gaulish German Greek guage Hengist Hist idiom inhabitants invasion Irish island Isle Julius Cæsar king kingdom land language Latin latter laws learned literature living Logrians meaning modern names nations native Nennius noble Norman Norman conquest Normandy Norse northern Ogham origin Picts pirates poem poetry probably pronounced pronunciation provinces qu'il quæ quam quod race reign rivers Roman Salian Franks Saxon says Scandinavian speak speech spoken Strabo suffix sunt Tacitus Teutonic tion tongue towns traces translation tribes Wales Welsh William writing written
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