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... retained the same population from Roman times , the vernacular idiom is not of Latin origin , nor is it very largely intermixed with Latin : it is true and genuine Celtic . The probability is , that the great body of those whose ...
... retained the same population from Roman times , the vernacular idiom is not of Latin origin , nor is it very largely intermixed with Latin : it is true and genuine Celtic . The probability is , that the great body of those whose ...
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... retain their mother - tongue , but gave it up for the more cultivated idiom of the people among whom they settled . At the same time , they did not fail to communicate some of their own words to the new speech of their adoption . The ...
... retain their mother - tongue , but gave it up for the more cultivated idiom of the people among whom they settled . At the same time , they did not fail to communicate some of their own words to the new speech of their adoption . The ...
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... retained , but in a state of much confusion and corruption : this is called the Semi - Saxon period . In the third century , a large part of the old inflexion has disappeared , while no great proportion of French words has yet come into ...
... retained , but in a state of much confusion and corruption : this is called the Semi - Saxon period . In the third century , a large part of the old inflexion has disappeared , while no great proportion of French words has yet come into ...
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... retained , but with e instead of other vowels in the endings , and with much confusion and irregularity of use . This period is represented chiefly by three works : 1. The Brut of Layamon , a long , narative poem , which recites the ...
... retained , but with e instead of other vowels in the endings , and with much confusion and irregularity of use . This period is represented chiefly by three works : 1. The Brut of Layamon , a long , narative poem , which recites the ...
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... retained their French , and only in occasional instances acquired the Saxon , which they looked on with contempt , as rude in itself and spoken by an inferior race . They had a copious literature , con- sisting chiefly of poetry and ...
... retained their French , and only in occasional instances acquired the Saxon , which they looked on with contempt , as rude in itself and spoken by an inferior race . They had a copious literature , con- sisting chiefly of poetry and ...
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