Proceedings of the British Academy, Volume 8British Academy, 1976 - Humanities |
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... called Rigsmaal ( the literary language ) much nearer to the so - called Landsmaal , the speech of the peasantry of Western Norway , which had preserved many features of that ancient Norse which survives in Iceland . One may compare the ...
... called Rigsmaal ( the literary language ) much nearer to the so - called Landsmaal , the speech of the peasantry of Western Norway , which had preserved many features of that ancient Norse which survives in Iceland . One may compare the ...
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... called Cyrillic alphabet to modify theirs so as to bring it nearer to ours , a further step would have been gained . The question of a universal language for the purposes of commerce and of travel , for of course no one dreams that an ...
... called Cyrillic alphabet to modify theirs so as to bring it nearer to ours , a further step would have been gained . The question of a universal language for the purposes of commerce and of travel , for of course no one dreams that an ...
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... called Boeotia dull , though she gave birth to Pindar ; but the Greeks were far too clever to have called her dull if she had given birth to the whole tribe of Attic poets as well . But this is what we do when we say that the English ...
... called Boeotia dull , though she gave birth to Pindar ; but the Greeks were far too clever to have called her dull if she had given birth to the whole tribe of Attic poets as well . But this is what we do when we say that the English ...
Contents
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 191617 | 33 |
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 191718 | 51 |
JACOB AND THE MANDRAKES BY J G FRAZER FELLOW OF | 57 |
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