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... foreign elements , it is still a Teutonic language , like the German , Dutch , Swedish , Danish , and others . These again make one great branch in that great family of languages , which , as it extends from India westward , and covers ...
... foreign elements , it is still a Teutonic language , like the German , Dutch , Swedish , Danish , and others . These again make one great branch in that great family of languages , which , as it extends from India westward , and covers ...
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... foreign to the Anglo - Saxon . If we take the words of any writer as they stand in his pages , the pro- portion will be much smaller . For Robert of Glou- cester , it does not exceed four or five per THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 37.
... foreign to the Anglo - Saxon . If we take the words of any writer as they stand in his pages , the pro- portion will be much smaller . For Robert of Glou- cester , it does not exceed four or five per THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 37.
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... impulse . The admission of foreign words in great numbers from the French , a daughter of the Latin , made it natural and easy to admit them also from the mother - language . In many instances it is difficult THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 45.
... impulse . The admission of foreign words in great numbers from the French , a daughter of the Latin , made it natural and easy to admit them also from the mother - language . In many instances it is difficult THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 45.
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... foreign origin . In this respect it may be compared to the modern Persian and the Wallachian . The French words which have been ingrafted on the native English stock are , with few exceptions , derived from the Latin ; and when added to ...
... foreign origin . In this respect it may be compared to the modern Persian and the Wallachian . The French words which have been ingrafted on the native English stock are , with few exceptions , derived from the Latin ; and when added to ...
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... foreign words is disproportionately large . Hence , if we take all the distinct words used by particular writers , we shall find a different ratio between the Saxon and foreign elements . Of those used by Shakspeare , it is said that ...
... foreign words is disproportionately large . Hence , if we take all the distinct words used by particular writers , we shall find a different ratio between the Saxon and foreign elements . Of those used by Shakspeare , it is said that ...
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