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... French is for the most part a corrupted form of Latin , belonging to that group of languages which is called Romance . ' The Keltic inhabitants of Britain did not adopt the Latin lan- guage , but retained their own Keltic dialects . One ...
... French is for the most part a corrupted form of Latin , belonging to that group of languages which is called Romance . ' The Keltic inhabitants of Britain did not adopt the Latin lan- guage , but retained their own Keltic dialects . One ...
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... French , the acquired language of the Norman conquerors of England . After the Conquest this was of course the language of the Norman nobles and their retainers through- out England . To a more limited extent it had been introduced as ...
... French , the acquired language of the Norman conquerors of England . After the Conquest this was of course the language of the Norman nobles and their retainers through- out England . To a more limited extent it had been introduced as ...
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... French , the other taken direct from Latin . In such cases , the former is the shorter and more corrupted form . Com- pare , for example , minster and monastery , bishop and episcopal , hotel and hospital , reason and rational . 4 ...
... French , the other taken direct from Latin . In such cases , the former is the shorter and more corrupted form . Com- pare , for example , minster and monastery , bishop and episcopal , hotel and hospital , reason and rational . 4 ...
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... French wars of Edward III . roused an anti - French feeling among all classes , which extended itself even to the language , insomuch that we learn from Chaucer that in his time French was spoken in England but rarely , and in a ...
... French wars of Edward III . roused an anti - French feeling among all classes , which extended itself even to the language , insomuch that we learn from Chaucer that in his time French was spoken in England but rarely , and in a ...
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... French influence assisted in the recogni- tion of s as the general sign of the plural in nouns . To French we also owe a considerable number of the suffixes and prefixes by which derivatives are formed , and are probably indebted for ...
... French influence assisted in the recogni- tion of s as the general sign of the plural in nouns . To French we also owe a considerable number of the suffixes and prefixes by which derivatives are formed , and are probably indebted for ...
Términos y frases comunes
action adjective clause adverbial adjunct adverbial clause adverbial genitive adverbial relation Analysis Anglo-Saxon attributive adjunct attributive relation called Chaucer co-ordinate common Compare compound conjunctions connected consonant dative declension demonstrative denoting derived expressed father feminine following sentences French gender genitive German gerund grammatical Greek horse imperative mood Imperfect incomplete predication Indicative Mood infinitive mood inflections John juncts Koch language Latin letter masculine means modern English mute neuter nominative notion noun object old English origin Past Indefinite Tense Past Perfect Perfect of continued perfect participle Perfect Tense phrase plural possessive preceded predicative relation prefix preposition Pret qualifies referred relative adverb relative pronoun root sense Shaksp Shakspere Sing singular number smiting smitten sometimes speak spoken stands subjunctive mood subordinate clause substantive clause suffix superlative syllable Teutonic thing third person Thou tive transitive verb Verb of incomplete vowel vowel sound weak conjugation words writing
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Página 165 - Seemed to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy. The last of all the Bards was he, Who sung of Border chivalry; For, well-a-day ! their date was fled, His tuneful brethren all were dead; And he, neglected...
Página 166 - He staid not for brake, and he stopp'd not for stone, He swam the Esk river where ford there was none; But ere he alighted at Netherby gate, The bride had consented, the gallant came late : For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar.
Página 204 - This is the dog, That worried the cat, ' That killed the rat, • That ate the malt, ' That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog, That worried the cat, That killed the rat, That ate the malt, That lay in the house that Jack built.
Página 204 - That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the cock that crowed in the morn That waked the priest all shaven and shorn That married the man all tattered and torn That kissed the maiden all forlorn That milked the cow with the crumpled horn That tossed the dog That worried the cat That killed the rat That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built.
Página 217 - For so much trash as may be grasped thus? — I'd rather be a dog, and bay the moon, Than such a Roman.
Página 87 - Perfect Tense. Singular. Plural. 1. I have been, 1. We have been, 2. Thou hast been, 2. You have been, 3. He has been ; 3. They have been.
Página 147 - This may be well. But what if God have seen, And death ensue ? then I shall be no more ! And Adam, wedded to another Eve, Shall live with her enjoying, I extinct : A death to think ! Confirm'd then I resolve, Adam shall share with me in bliss or woe.
Página 207 - I would have come. If he were to swear to it, I would not believe it. If I had any money, I would give it to you. Oh ! that it were with me as in days that are past.
Página 205 - We few, we happy few, we band of brothers ; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother ; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition...
Página 149 - I have learned from one of your own honourable number, a right noble and pious lord, who, had he not sacrificed his life and fortunes to the Church and Commonwealth, we had not now missed and bewailed a worthy and undoubted patron of this argument.