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... once under- stand a book written in their own language eight hundred years ago . But the change has been gradual ; we did not leave off speaking one language and take to speaking another , as the people of Gaul and Spain left off ...
... once under- stand a book written in their own language eight hundred years ago . But the change has been gradual ; we did not leave off speaking one language and take to speaking another , as the people of Gaul and Spain left off ...
Page xv
... once . But there are others whose meaning is by no means so clear , and even a man who knows the language well may be only able to guess at the meaning , or perhaps may have to give it up altogether . For instance , such names as ...
... once . But there are others whose meaning is by no means so clear , and even a man who knows the language well may be only able to guess at the meaning , or perhaps may have to give it up altogether . For instance , such names as ...
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... once see that it means elf - gift . It would be too long a business to tell you the meanings of all the names , but it will help you if you remember a few of the words which we have lost , but which are often used in forming names . I ...
... once see that it means elf - gift . It would be too long a business to tell you the meanings of all the names , but it will help you if you remember a few of the words which we have lost , but which are often used in forming names . I ...
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... once the same . That is to say , there was a time , a very long time ago , when English and German were only one language , and when the forefathers of the English that are now and the forefathers of the Germans that are now were only ...
... once the same . That is to say , there was a time , a very long time ago , when English and German were only one language , and when the forefathers of the English that are now and the forefathers of the Germans that are now were only ...
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... once the same as our own . I do not think I need tell any of you that the whole island of Great Britain , as well as Ireland and the smaller islands about them , now forms only one Kingdom . Queen Victoria is Queen over all of them ...
... once the same as our own . I do not think I need tell any of you that the whole island of Great Britain , as well as Ireland and the smaller islands about them , now forms only one Kingdom . Queen Victoria is Queen over all of them ...
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