The Cambridge History of English Literature, Volume 14Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller G.P. Putnam's sons, 1916 - English literature |
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... LANGUAGE SINCE SHAKESPEARE'S TIME By W. MURISON , M.A. , Aberdeen The world - wide expansion of the English language . Changes in pro- nunciation , spelling and grammar . Vocabulary . Methods of word - making . Influx of foreign words ...
... LANGUAGE SINCE SHAKESPEARE'S TIME By W. MURISON , M.A. , Aberdeen The world - wide expansion of the English language . Changes in pro- nunciation , spelling and grammar . Vocabulary . Methods of word - making . Influx of foreign words ...
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... language . The writers who made this complaint were foremost in bringing about a change . Without any approach to philo- sophical method , Carlyle forced upon public attention ideas concerning the ultimate meaning and value of life ...
... language . The writers who made this complaint were foremost in bringing about a change . Without any approach to philo- sophical method , Carlyle forced upon public attention ideas concerning the ultimate meaning and value of life ...
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... language and by a master who had the command of traditional learning as well as fresh doctrines to teach . It was here that Hamilton's cosmopolitan learning broke in upon British philosophy and lifted it out of the narrow grooves into ...
... language and by a master who had the command of traditional learning as well as fresh doctrines to teach . It was here that Hamilton's cosmopolitan learning broke in upon British philosophy and lifted it out of the narrow grooves into ...
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... language com- pelled others to see it also . But he exaggerated the opposition between them and did not leave room for the influence of moral ideas as a factor in the historical process . Another man of science , William Kingdon ...
... language com- pelled others to see it also . But he exaggerated the opposition between them and did not leave room for the influence of moral ideas as a factor in the historical process . Another man of science , William Kingdon ...
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... language and were able to develop and apply his ideas . Fraser did not teach a system or found a school ; he awakened and stimulated thought , without controlling its direction ; he called forth in his hearers a sense of the mysteries ...
... language and were able to develop and apply his ideas . Fraser did not teach a system or found a school ; he awakened and stimulated thought , without controlling its direction ; he called forth in his hearers a sense of the mysteries ...
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