The Quarterly Review, Volume 293William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1955 |
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Page 184
... English , from ' Old English ' to Maturity ' in the sixteenth century . There are chapters on sounds and spelling , word creation , slang and dialect , British and American English , to name only a few . The book is never dull , though ...
... English , from ' Old English ' to Maturity ' in the sixteenth century . There are chapters on sounds and spelling , word creation , slang and dialect , British and American English , to name only a few . The book is never dull , though ...
Page 185
... English , of course , is not wholly uninflected . It has dispensed with the inessentials , such as gender . ' English has surely gained everything and lost nothing by casting off this useless burden which all the other well - known ...
... English , of course , is not wholly uninflected . It has dispensed with the inessentials , such as gender . ' English has surely gained everything and lost nothing by casting off this useless burden which all the other well - known ...
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... English scene under such titles as The English Character , ' ' The Nobles , ' ' The Yeomen , ' ' The Inns of Court , ' ' The Churchwardens . ' It is difficult to think of any feature of seventeenth - century life which does not find a ...
... English scene under such titles as The English Character , ' ' The Nobles , ' ' The Yeomen , ' ' The Inns of Court , ' ' The Churchwardens . ' It is difficult to think of any feature of seventeenth - century life which does not find a ...
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