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Page 325
... English conquest . The leaders , Nor- been rendered into good English prose . This man by descent , had become English by position , and labour , though irksome , seemed to be inevitable ; they brought with them crowds of followers who ...
... English conquest . The leaders , Nor- been rendered into good English prose . This man by descent , had become English by position , and labour , though irksome , seemed to be inevitable ; they brought with them crowds of followers who ...
Page 413
... English could so completely change its meaning . It would be as if a word signifying lock in French had been adopted into English in the sense of key . At all events , until this gap between the meanings of the French and English words ...
... English could so completely change its meaning . It would be as if a word signifying lock in French had been adopted into English in the sense of key . At all events , until this gap between the meanings of the French and English words ...
Page 442
... English vil- lage actually and triumphantly did all these things ; and you will then have some notion of the great ... English ; " meister - singers " has the misfor- tune of being neither good English nor good German . The World has ...
... English vil- lage actually and triumphantly did all these things ; and you will then have some notion of the great ... English ; " meister - singers " has the misfor- tune of being neither good English nor good German . The World has ...
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