The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7Grolier, 1985 - 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 ...
Page 262
... 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 am- bassador , and so heavy was the blow to Scotland's pride and scanty wealth that , combined with various political bickerings , it brought England and Scotland almost to the point of war . Merci- fully , legislative and ...
... English am- bassador , and so heavy was the blow to Scotland's pride and scanty wealth that , combined with various political bickerings , it brought England and Scotland almost to the point of war . Merci- fully , legislative and ...
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