Specimens of the Early English Poets, Volume 1Nicol, 1803 - 424 pages |
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... whole is added a sort of Essay on the formation and early gradations of our language , which , being little more than a repetition of some observations contained in the first volume , is perhaps superfluous ; but may be [ v ]
... whole is added a sort of Essay on the formation and early gradations of our language , which , being little more than a repetition of some observations contained in the first volume , is perhaps superfluous ; but may be [ v ]
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... whole , it must still remain a doubt , whether the Anglo - Saxon verses were strictly metrical , or whe- ther they were only distinguished from prose by some species of rhythm : to a modern reader it will certainly appear , that there ...
... whole , it must still remain a doubt , whether the Anglo - Saxon verses were strictly metrical , or whe- ther they were only distinguished from prose by some species of rhythm : to a modern reader it will certainly appear , that there ...
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... whole history of Britain ; since the author de- clares that he had begun his poem with the Argo- nautic expedition , and had amended and corrected the work of Geoffrey of Monmouth , by means of two MSS . which he cites . It appears ...
... whole history of Britain ; since the author de- clares that he had begun his poem with the Argo- nautic expedition , and had amended and corrected the work of Geoffrey of Monmouth , by means of two MSS . which he cites . It appears ...
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... whole style of this composi- tion , which is broken into a series of short , uncon- nected sentences , and in which the construction is as plain and artless as possible , and perfectly free from inversions , appears to indicate that ...
... whole style of this composi- tion , which is broken into a series of short , uncon- nected sentences , and in which the construction is as plain and artless as possible , and perfectly free from inversions , appears to indicate that ...
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... whole , it seems reasonable to infer that Layamon's work was composed at or very near the period when the Saxons and Normans in this country began to unite into one nation and to adopt a common language . As this is a most curious ...
... whole , it seems reasonable to infer that Layamon's work was composed at or very near the period when the Saxons and Normans in this country began to unite into one nation and to adopt a common language . As this is a most curious ...
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