Proceedings of the British Academy, Volume 2British Academy, 1976 - Humanities |
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... spelling is frankly declared to have been the invention of the devil ; because it is unlikely that any other being could have hit upon a system which , to all appearances , is so chaotic , so inconsistent , and so contradictory in many ...
... spelling is frankly declared to have been the invention of the devil ; because it is unlikely that any other being could have hit upon a system which , to all appearances , is so chaotic , so inconsistent , and so contradictory in many ...
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... spelling which also appears in modern French , a language whose spelling , like our own , abounds with inconsistencies . But Cotgrave's French Dictionary gives the alternative spelling sion , and the Old French had the form cion ...
... spelling which also appears in modern French , a language whose spelling , like our own , abounds with inconsistencies . But Cotgrave's French Dictionary gives the alternative spelling sion , and the Old French had the form cion ...
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... spelling , i . e . of spelling a word one way and pronouncing it another , has grown upon us unawares , merely because we have been too lazy or too indifferent to reform our spelling from time to time with sufficient frequency . The ...
... spelling , i . e . of spelling a word one way and pronouncing it another , has grown upon us unawares , merely because we have been too lazy or too indifferent to reform our spelling from time to time with sufficient frequency . The ...
Contents
ERNST CURTIUS BY THOMAS HODGKIN FELLOW OF THE ACADEMY | 1 |
NEUTRAL DUTIES IN A MARITIME WAR AS ILLUSTRATED BY RECENT | 1 |
CELTAE AND GALLI BY JOHN RHYS FELLOW OF THE ACADEMY Read | 1 |
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