The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1901 - 304 pages |
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... called them- selves Cymry , as the Welsh call themselves now . Cambria and Cumbria preserve for us this name ' Cymry ' in a Latin form . 4. The English Conquest . In the year A.D. 449 , a generation after the departure of the Romans ...
... called them- selves Cymry , as the Welsh call themselves now . Cambria and Cumbria preserve for us this name ' Cymry ' in a Latin form . 4. The English Conquest . In the year A.D. 449 , a generation after the departure of the Romans ...
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... called themselves , made the word Teutoni and gave it a Latin declension . From this we derive the convenient term Teutonic . If we pronounce the stems of Teut - oni and of Deut - scher with their proper vowel sounds , the resem- blance ...
... called themselves , made the word Teutoni and gave it a Latin declension . From this we derive the convenient term Teutonic . If we pronounce the stems of Teut - oni and of Deut - scher with their proper vowel sounds , the resem- blance ...
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... called themselves ' Englishmen . ' If the use of the word leads people to think that the ' Anglo - Saxons ' were of a different race from ourselves , it will be well to drop the term . If on the other hand it is understood that the so ...
... called themselves ' Englishmen . ' If the use of the word leads people to think that the ' Anglo - Saxons ' were of a different race from ourselves , it will be well to drop the term . If on the other hand it is understood that the so ...
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... called the langue d'oil . The word oïl , the same word as oui , signifies yes . The langue d'oïl was the dialect in which people said oil for yes , as distinguished from the langue d'oc in which they said oc . This French language was ...
... called the langue d'oil . The word oïl , the same word as oui , signifies yes . The langue d'oïl was the dialect in which people said oil for yes , as distinguished from the langue d'oc in which they said oc . This French language was ...
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... in Wall's End and in Walton , vallum appears in disguise . When the English arrived and found a place called ' Chester , ' they would continue to call it " Chester , ' just as when we occupied New ΙΟ ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
... in Wall's End and in Walton , vallum appears in disguise . When the English arrived and found a place called ' Chester , ' they would continue to call it " Chester , ' just as when we occupied New ΙΟ ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
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