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... of processes which have been going forward for hundreds and for thousands of years . Nay more , it is not too * F . Schlegel , History of Literature , Lecture 10 . much to affirm that processes modifying the English which at.
... of processes which have been going forward for hundreds and for thousands of years . Nay more , it is not too * F . Schlegel , History of Literature , Lecture 10 . much to affirm that processes modifying the English which at.
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... to that which is actually going forward in our lan- guage . It is indeed that , which of all is most likely to be unnoticed by us . I. ] PROPORTIONS IN ENGLISH . 11 With these preliminary 10 ENGLISH A COMPOSITE LANGUAGE . [ LECT .
... to that which is actually going forward in our lan- guage . It is indeed that , which of all is most likely to be unnoticed by us . I. ] PROPORTIONS IN ENGLISH . 11 With these preliminary 10 ENGLISH A COMPOSITE LANGUAGE . [ LECT .
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... going far back in the history of the language , the other belonging to a later and more literary period . Thus from ' separare ' is derived ' sevrer , ' to separate the child from its mother's breast , to wean , but also ' séparer ...
... going far back in the history of the language , the other belonging to a later and more literary period . Thus from ' separare ' is derived ' sevrer , ' to separate the child from its mother's breast , to wean , but also ' séparer ...
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... going straight to the Latin , and drawing directly from it ; and thus in the hundred years which followed Chaucer a large amount of Latin found its way , if not into our speech , yet at all events into our books - words which were not ...
... going straight to the Latin , and drawing directly from it ; and thus in the hundred years which followed Chaucer a large amount of Latin found its way , if not into our speech , yet at all events into our books - words which were not ...
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... going back from Chaucer's English ; being all stuck over with long and often ill selected Latin words . The greatest offenders in this line , as Campbell himself admits , were the Scotch poets of the fifteenth century . " The prevailing ...
... going back from Chaucer's English ; being all stuck over with long and often ill selected Latin words . The greatest offenders in this line , as Campbell himself admits , were the Scotch poets of the fifteenth century . " The prevailing ...
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Page 31 - By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. 16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Page 167 - That it may please Thee to give and preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the earth, so as in due time we may enjoy them ; We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord.
Page 49 - Poets that lasting marble seek Must carve in Latin or in Greek; We write in sand, our language grows, And, like the tide, our work o'erflows.
Page 47 - Poetry requires ornament ; and that is not to be had from our old Teuton monosyllables : therefore, if I find any elegant word in a classic author, I propose it to be naturalized, by using it myself; and, if the public approves of it, the bill passes. But every man cannot distinguish between pedantry and poetry : every man, therefore, is not fit to innovate.
Page 74 - Yet it must be allowed to the present age, that the tongue in general is so much refined since Shakespeare's time, that many of his words, and more of his phrases, are scarce intelligible. And of those which we understand, some are ungrammatical, others coarse ; and his whole style is so pestered with figurative expressions, that it is as affected as it is obscure.
Page 109 - The persons plural keep the termination of the first person singular. In former times, till about the reign of king Henry the eighth, they were wont to be formed by adding en ; thus, loven, sayen, complainen. But now (whatsoever is the cause) it hath quite grown out of use, and that other so generally prevailed, that I dare not presume to set this afoot again : albeit (to tell you my opinion) I am persuaded that the lack hereof well considered will be found a great blemish to our tongue.
Page 117 - With dishes piled, and meats of noblest sort And savour, beasts of chase, or fowl of game, In pastry built, or from the spit, or boil'd, Gris-amber-steam'd ; all fish from sea or shore, Freshet or purling brook, of shell or fin, And exquisitest name, for which was drain'd Pontus, and Lucrine bay, and Afric coast.
Page 211 - Here thou, great ANNA ! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea.