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... schools was given in French alone . There was nothing to stimulate , there was every thing to discourage , the cultivation of the native language . TRANSITION FROM ANGLO - SAXON TO MODERN ENGLISH . § 31. Periods . For five centuries ...
... schools was given in French alone . There was nothing to stimulate , there was every thing to discourage , the cultivation of the native language . TRANSITION FROM ANGLO - SAXON TO MODERN ENGLISH . § 31. Periods . For five centuries ...
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... schools , from cultivated society , and , with few exceptions , from works of literature , it was left without standards of correctness ; it was deprived of those conservative influences which might otherwise have retarded the progress ...
... schools , from cultivated society , and , with few exceptions , from works of literature , it was left without standards of correctness ; it was deprived of those conservative influences which might otherwise have retarded the progress ...
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... its influence . It is believed that none of the three Edwards was accustomed to speak English . In the schools , it is stated that , during the first half of the fourteenth century , French was still THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 39.
... its influence . It is believed that none of the three Edwards was accustomed to speak English . In the schools , it is stated that , during the first half of the fourteenth century , French was still THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 39.
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... SCHOOL CLASSICS . A Series of Greek and Latin Authors , with English Notes . Fcap . 8vo Cæsar : De Bello Gallico . By George Long , M.A. 5s . 6d . Books I - III . For Junior Classes . By G. Long , M.A. 2s . 6d . Catullus , Tibullus ...
... SCHOOL CLASSICS . A Series of Greek and Latin Authors , with English Notes . Fcap . 8vo Cæsar : De Bello Gallico . By George Long , M.A. 5s . 6d . Books I - III . For Junior Classes . By G. Long , M.A. 2s . 6d . Catullus , Tibullus ...
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... School Atlas of Classical Geography , containing Ten selected Maps . Imperial 8vo . 5s . Uniform with the Series . The New Testament , in Greek . With English Notes , & c . By Rev. J. F. Macmichael . 7s . 6d . CAMBRIDGE GREEK AND LATIN ...
... School Atlas of Classical Geography , containing Ten selected Maps . Imperial 8vo . 5s . Uniform with the Series . The New Testament , in Greek . With English Notes , & c . By Rev. J. F. Macmichael . 7s . 6d . CAMBRIDGE GREEK AND LATIN ...
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