The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7Grolier, 1988 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... English legal scholar and parliamentarian , who first re- duced the common law to an orderly system and laid the cornerstone for the English constitution . About 1642 the General Court of Massachusetts Bay ordered " two copies of Sir ...
... English legal scholar and parliamentarian , who first re- duced the common law to an orderly system and laid the cornerstone for the English constitution . About 1642 the General Court of Massachusetts Bay ordered " two copies of Sir ...
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... English , all usages were once dialectal ; ultimately one dialect , the Midland , was promoted at the expense of the other dialects and became Standard English . See DIALECT . Colloquialisms are often promoted to the rank of Standard ...
... English , all usages were once dialectal ; ultimately one dialect , the Midland , was promoted at the expense of the other dialects and became Standard English . See DIALECT . Colloquialisms are often promoted to the rank of Standard ...
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... English author , who was one of the great novelists and stylists of modern English literature . Although English was the Polish - born Conrad's adopted language , he used it with a power and mastery that have rarely been surpassed . A ...
... English author , who was one of the great novelists and stylists of modern English literature . Although English was the Polish - born Conrad's adopted language , he used it with a power and mastery that have rarely been surpassed . A ...
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