Proceedings of the British Academy, Volume 6British Academy, 1976 - Humanities |
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... English it is far otherwise , owing to the abundance of words taken from Latin and Greek . For centuries , many of our English writers have been classically educated , and have written chiefly for classically edu cated readers . Hence ...
... English it is far otherwise , owing to the abundance of words taken from Latin and Greek . For centuries , many of our English writers have been classically educated , and have written chiefly for classically edu cated readers . Hence ...
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... English language if phonetic spelling were to be adopted . If it be said that on my own principles such a discussion is void of practical interest , I may reply , first , that from the purely scientific point of view it may have its ...
... English language if phonetic spelling were to be adopted . If it be said that on my own principles such a discussion is void of practical interest , I may reply , first , that from the purely scientific point of view it may have its ...
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... English empiricism , and to the influence of an age the environment of which was extremely favourable to his genius . In jurisprudence Shakespeare has been cited before the court . Jhering , the author of Kampf ums Recht , has discussed ...
... English empiricism , and to the influence of an age the environment of which was extremely favourable to his genius . In jurisprudence Shakespeare has been cited before the court . Jhering , the author of Kampf ums Recht , has discussed ...
Contents
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PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS | 113 |
THE STUDY OF MODERN HISTORY IN GREAT BRITAIN CONSIDERed | 139 |
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