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... four centuries ( from A.D. 43 to A.D. 426 ) left its traces in the few names of places , as : Chester , Gloucester , Dorchester , Exeter , Stratton , Lincoln , & c . Fortified towns and great roads became familiar objects to the old ...
... four centuries ( from A.D. 43 to A.D. 426 ) left its traces in the few names of places , as : Chester , Gloucester , Dorchester , Exeter , Stratton , Lincoln , & c . Fortified towns and great roads became familiar objects to the old ...
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... four follow- ing centuries a large number of Latin words became familiar to educated Englishmen . The words introduced into the language during this period were , for the most part , connected with the Church , its services and ...
... four follow- ing centuries a large number of Latin words became familiar to educated Englishmen . The words introduced into the language during this period were , for the most part , connected with the Church , its services and ...
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... entrance into our language , but the influence of four 16 [ Chap . HISTORICAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR . Influence of Norman-French upon the Vocabulary of English Language Influence of Norman-French upon the Grammar of English.
... entrance into our language , but the influence of four 16 [ Chap . HISTORICAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR . Influence of Norman-French upon the Vocabulary of English Language Influence of Norman-French upon the Grammar of English.
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... four centuries only served to modify and to diminish English inflexions , not to eradicate them by the sub- stitution of new forms . The Danish invasion had unsettled the language in many parts of the country , and in the literature of ...
... four centuries only served to modify and to diminish English inflexions , not to eradicate them by the sub- stitution of new forms . The Danish invasion had unsettled the language in many parts of the country , and in the literature of ...
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... four- teenth century there was no standard or classical language . Various forms of English were spoken in different parts of the country , and every work written during this period illustrates some local variety of the English Speech ...
... four- teenth century there was no standard or classical language . Various forms of English were spoken in different parts of the country , and every work written during this period illustrates some local variety of the English Speech ...
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