Development of English Literature and Language, Volume 1S.C. Griggs, 1886 - English language |
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... French and adopting their language , they rapidly grew up into great prosperity and power . Their name was softened into Normans , and their settlement was called Normandy , meaning the ' Land of the North - man . ' In 1066 , polished ...
... French and adopting their language , they rapidly grew up into great prosperity and power . Their name was softened into Normans , and their settlement was called Normandy , meaning the ' Land of the North - man . ' In 1066 , polished ...
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... French speech . This became the lan- guage of the court and polite literature . As late as the middle of the fourteenth century it was said : ' Children in scole , agenst the usage and manir of all other nations , beeth compelled for to ...
... French speech . This became the lan- guage of the court and polite literature . As late as the middle of the fourteenth century it was said : ' Children in scole , agenst the usage and manir of all other nations , beeth compelled for to ...
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Alfred Hix Welsh. ( 4. ) Introduction of French poetry . Of course , the Norman , who despised the Saxon , loved none but French ideas and verses . ( 5. ) Expulsion of the English language from literature and culture . No longer or ...
Alfred Hix Welsh. ( 4. ) Introduction of French poetry . Of course , the Norman , who despised the Saxon , loved none but French ideas and verses . ( 5. ) Expulsion of the English language from literature and culture . No longer or ...
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... French connec- tions , and the Normans , by the necessities of their isolation , began to regard England as their home , and the English as their countrymen . Add to these causes the softening influence of time , and we are prepared for ...
... French connec- tions , and the Normans , by the necessities of their isolation , began to regard England as their home , and the English as their countrymen . Add to these causes the softening influence of time , and we are prepared for ...
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... French . But truly to understand the chemistry of the English nation , we must penetrate its soul , learn somewhat of its faculties and feelings , study the man invisible — the under - world of events and forms distinguish the separate ...
... French . But truly to understand the chemistry of the English nation , we must penetrate its soul , learn somewhat of its faculties and feelings , study the man invisible — the under - world of events and forms distinguish the separate ...
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