Specimens of the Early English Poets, Volume 1Nicol, 1803 - 424 pages |
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... tion of some new Specimens ; and for much additional information in the notices prefixed to the several authors ; the editor is indebted to the kindness , of his friend Mr. Heber , and to the frequent assistance of Mr. Park . The ...
... tion of some new Specimens ; and for much additional information in the notices prefixed to the several authors ; the editor is indebted to the kindness , of his friend Mr. Heber , and to the frequent assistance of Mr. Park . The ...
Page 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 ]
... 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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... tion of the Saxon tongue ( says he ) , by a mixture of the Norman , becomes apparent ; yet it is not so much changed by the admixture of new words , which might be imputed to commerce with the Continent , as by changes of its own form ...
... tion of the Saxon tongue ( says he ) , by a mixture of the Norman , becomes apparent ; yet it is not so much changed by the admixture of new words , which might be imputed to commerce with the Continent , as by changes of its own form ...
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... tion , notwithstanding all the pains which Hickes has employed in attempting to investigate them , are still completely inexplicable . Mr. Tyrwhitt has justly observed , that we do not discover in the specimens of Anglo - Saxon poetry ...
... tion , notwithstanding all the pains which Hickes has employed in attempting to investigate them , are still completely inexplicable . Mr. Tyrwhitt has justly observed , that we do not discover in the specimens of Anglo - Saxon poetry ...
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... tion is very ill calculated to convey the spirit of a poetical original , I am happy in being enabled , by the kindness of a friend , to subjoin a second and metrical version . This was written several years ago , during the controversy ...
... tion is very ill calculated to convey the spirit of a poetical original , I am happy in being enabled , by the kindness of a friend , to subjoin a second and metrical version . This was written several years ago , during the controversy ...
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