Origins of the English People and the English LanguageD. Appleton, 1888 - 658 pagina's |
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Pagina 13
... became known under one name , as the nation of the Coritavi . They consisted in part of Celtic clans , and in part of the remnants of a ruder peo- ple . Cæsar says that most of these people were mere savages , that they grew no grain at ...
... became known under one name , as the nation of the Coritavi . They consisted in part of Celtic clans , and in part of the remnants of a ruder peo- ple . Cæsar says that most of these people were mere savages , that they grew no grain at ...
Pagina 15
... became an article of faith among their countrymen that the island was discov- ered soon after the flood by three Spanish fishermen , which tradition , even now , is not unfrequently pressed into the service of the theory that the dark ...
... became an article of faith among their countrymen that the island was discov- ered soon after the flood by three Spanish fishermen , which tradition , even now , is not unfrequently pressed into the service of the theory that the dark ...
Pagina 20
... became incor- porated with the Celtic peoples must remain altogether uncertain . Where the rule of cremation has prevailed , it is difficult to distinguish their ornaments and weapons from those of the Celtic type ; and even where a ...
... became incor- porated with the Celtic peoples must remain altogether uncertain . Where the rule of cremation has prevailed , it is difficult to distinguish their ornaments and weapons from those of the Celtic type ; and even where a ...
Pagina 24
... became differ- ent in form . But length of time and remoteness in place introduce wonderful changes in a language . In the lapse of centuries many differences would naturally grow up between the nations separated by the sea , and ...
... became differ- ent in form . But length of time and remoteness in place introduce wonderful changes in a language . In the lapse of centuries many differences would naturally grow up between the nations separated by the sea , and ...
Pagina 25
... became the signs of a worship of snakes and dragons . The ruined cromlech was mistaken for an altar of sacrifice , with the rock - basin to catch the victim's blood , and a holed - stone for the ropes to bind his limbs . The Welsh ...
... became the signs of a worship of snakes and dragons . The ruined cromlech was mistaken for an altar of sacrifice , with the rock - basin to catch the victim's blood , and a holed - stone for the ropes to bind his limbs . The Welsh ...
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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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Pagina 616 - Eia Mater, fons amoris, me sentire vim doloris fac, ut tecum lugeam. Fac ut ardeat cor meum in amando Christum Deum ut sibi complaceam.
Pagina 420 - But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet...
Pagina 90 - Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.
Pagina 430 - And Frenssh she spak ful faire and fetisly. After the scole of Stratford atte Bowe. For Frenssh of Parys was to hire unknowe.
Pagina 387 - My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon ; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is : for there is no more bread in the city.
Pagina 366 - From the authors which rose in the time of Elizabeth, a/ speech might be formed adequate to all the purposes of use and elegance. If the language of theology were extracted from Hooker and the translation of the Bible ; the terms of natural knowledge from Bacon; the phrases of policy, war, and navigation from Raleigh; the dialect of poetry and fiction from Spenser and Sidney; and the diction of common life from Shakespeare, few ideas would be lost to mankind, for want of English words, in which they...
Pagina 419 - And when he came to himself, he said, how many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger...
Pagina 658 - ... ways, have multiplied the conveniences of life and ministered to the happiness of our race ; to describe the rise and progress of that long series of mechanical inventions and discoveries which is now the admiration of the world, and our just pride and boast ; to tell how, under the benign influence of liberty and peace, there sprang up, in the course of a single century, a prosperity unparalleled in the annals of human affairs. "The pledge given by Mr. McMaster, that 'the history of the people...
Pagina 369 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison...
Pagina 633 - Parquoy c'est pareille folie de pleurer de ce que d'icy à cent ans nous ne vivrons pas , que de pleurer de ce que nous ne vivions pas il ya cent ans.