Specimens of the Early English Poets, Volume 1Nicol, 1803 - 424 pages |
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... that there are in the Lord's Prayer only three words of French or Latin extrac tion . On the other hand , Mr. Tyrwhitt contends that , about the time of Chaucer , " though the * form of our language was still Saxon , the [ 2 ]
... that there are in the Lord's Prayer only three words of French or Latin extrac tion . On the other hand , Mr. Tyrwhitt contends that , about the time of Chaucer , " though the * form of our language was still Saxon , the [ 2 ]
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... hand to plegan . Hæleth a nanum Thæra the mid Anlafe . Ofer mæra gebland , 23 On lides 24 bosme , Land gesohton , Fæge to gefeohte . 22 18 The MS . Tiberius , A. vi . gives read , not sæd , the printed reading . 19 Here to thrill or ...
... hand to plegan . Hæleth a nanum Thæra the mid Anlafe . Ofer mæra gebland , 23 On lides 24 bosme , Land gesohton , Fæge to gefeohte . 22 18 The MS . Tiberius , A. vi . gives read , not sæd , the printed reading . 19 Here to thrill or ...
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... hands to ply . Health aye ( was ) none To them who with Anlaf Over the seas blown were , On the bosom of the waves , The land they sought , Foe to fight . of this word , Ps . xvi . 14 , giving meche where another has sword : the first ...
... hands to ply . Health aye ( was ) none To them who with Anlaf Over the seas blown were , On the bosom of the waves , The land they sought , Foe to fight . of this word , Ps . xvi . 14 , giving meche where another has sword : the first ...
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... hand it may be fairly argued , that , as our stock of northern literature is very incomplete , we cannot draw any positive conclusion from the deficiency of specimens among the works of the Scalds ; -that rhyme , which certainly is not ...
... hand it may be fairly argued , that , as our stock of northern literature is very incomplete , we cannot draw any positive conclusion from the deficiency of specimens among the works of the Scalds ; -that rhyme , which certainly is not ...
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... hand , with no less policy , declared themselves the champions of all the pri- vileges obtained or claimed by the cities , who thus derived a double advantage from the contest for popularity between the king and the aristocracy . It is ...
... hand , with no less policy , declared themselves the champions of all the pri- vileges obtained or claimed by the cities , who thus derived a double advantage from the contest for popularity between the king and the aristocracy . It is ...
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