The Quarterly Review, Volumes 254-255John Murray, 1930 |
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... English Language . By Otto Jespersen . Teubner , 1905 . 2. A Primer of English Etymology . By W. W. Skeat . Oxford University Press , 1910 . 3. A Short History of English . By H. C. Wyld . Murray , 1927 . 4. The Romance of Words . By ...
... English Language . By Otto Jespersen . Teubner , 1905 . 2. A Primer of English Etymology . By W. W. Skeat . Oxford University Press , 1910 . 3. A Short History of English . By H. C. Wyld . Murray , 1927 . 4. The Romance of Words . By ...
Page 77
... English , we see at once that an entirely new syntax and accidence have superseded the native construction . A consideration of these facts eventually convinces us that the constituent elements of English are mixed as in no other ...
... English , we see at once that an entirely new syntax and accidence have superseded the native construction . A consideration of these facts eventually convinces us that the constituent elements of English are mixed as in no other ...
Page 102
... English and French writers . Moreover , the German books are wholly free from the sentimentality that mars in places not a few of the best English books on the War . On the other hand , they are devoid of what is the peculiar ...
... English and French writers . Moreover , the German books are wholly free from the sentimentality that mars in places not a few of the best English books on the War . On the other hand , they are devoid of what is the peculiar ...
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