Elements of English Grammar: With a Chapter on Essay WritingUniversity Press, 1910 - 336 pages |
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... Teutonic . If we pronounce the stems of Teut - oni and of Deut - scher with their proper vowel sounds , the resem- blance is close . We disguise this resemblance by giving to the vowel of the word Teutonic the sound of the eu in feud ...
... Teutonic . If we pronounce the stems of Teut - oni and of Deut - scher with their proper vowel sounds , the resem- blance is close . We disguise this resemblance by giving to the vowel of the word Teutonic the sound of the eu in feud ...
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... Teutonic kins- . men living in the interior of the country , where the ground is higher . What we call to - day the ' German ' language is High German . Dutch , Flemish , spoken in parts of Belgium , and Frisian , still spoken in the ...
... Teutonic kins- . men living in the interior of the country , where the ground is higher . What we call to - day the ' German ' language is High German . Dutch , Flemish , spoken in parts of Belgium , and Frisian , still spoken in the ...
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... Teutonic tribes generally in England and at the present day by ' Anglo - Saxons ' we signify people of English race . ( 2 ) Applied to language Anglo - Saxon is a misleading term , sug- gesting as it does that the English settlers all ...
... Teutonic tribes generally in England and at the present day by ' Anglo - Saxons ' we signify people of English race . ( 2 ) Applied to language Anglo - Saxon is a misleading term , sug- gesting as it does that the English settlers all ...
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... Teutonic stock . These English people came from the district north of the mouth of the Elbe at different times between A.D. 450 and 550 , and their descendants have stayed in this country ever since . 2. A.D. 600 to 1000. The Christian ...
... Teutonic stock . These English people came from the district north of the mouth of the Elbe at different times between A.D. 450 and 550 , and their descendants have stayed in this country ever since . 2. A.D. 600 to 1000. The Christian ...
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... longer . If we consider the ease with which long compound words can be formed in 1 See Abbott and Seeley's English Lessons , p . 105 . W. E. G. 2 modern German , it seems curious that our own Teutonic CONSTITUENTS OF THE VOCABULARY . 17.
... longer . If we consider the ease with which long compound words can be formed in 1 See Abbott and Seeley's English Lessons , p . 105 . W. E. G. 2 modern German , it seems curious that our own Teutonic CONSTITUENTS OF THE VOCABULARY . 17.
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