Development of English Literature and Language, Volume 1S.C. Griggs, 1882 - English language |
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... father to son in memory of the old national custom . These subjects , trodden and vilified , had the characteristic doggedness , and their predominance was sure . A long time is required to convert a mutual hatred into har- mony and ...
... father to son in memory of the old national custom . These subjects , trodden and vilified , had the characteristic doggedness , and their predominance was sure . A long time is required to convert a mutual hatred into har- mony and ...
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... father , ' where we shall drink ale continually from the large hollowed skulls . ' Listen to their table - talk , and from it infer the rest . A youth takes his seat beside the Danish jarl , and is reproached with ' seldom having ...
... father , ' where we shall drink ale continually from the large hollowed skulls . ' Listen to their table - talk , and from it infer the rest . A youth takes his seat beside the Danish jarl , and is reproached with ' seldom having ...
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... fathers , the echo in some sort of our own painful , fruitlessly inquiring wonder : ' Now , children , lay us in two lofty ... father , she allows no tear to fall on his corpse , lest his peace be troubled : ' Whenever thou grievest , My ...
... fathers , the echo in some sort of our own painful , fruitlessly inquiring wonder : ' Now , children , lay us in two lofty ... father , she allows no tear to fall on his corpse , lest his peace be troubled : ' Whenever thou grievest , My ...
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... fathers came , and hence the Low German in- cludes our present English . It may now be represented by the language of Holland , or Low Dutch , to which English bears the strongest likeness , as appears in the following : In den beginne ...
... fathers came , and hence the Low German in- cludes our present English . It may now be represented by the language of Holland , or Low Dutch , to which English bears the strongest likeness , as appears in the following : In den beginne ...
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... father and mother , brother and sister , love and hate , hope and fear , gladness and sorrow . 6. A large proportion of the language of invective , humor , satire , and colloquial pleas- antry , is Saxon . 7. In short , to the Saxon ...
... father and mother , brother and sister , love and hate , hope and fear , gladness and sorrow . 6. A large proportion of the language of invective , humor , satire , and colloquial pleas- antry , is Saxon . 7. In short , to the Saxon ...
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