The Critical Review: Or, Annals of LiteratureW. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1807 - English literature |
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... French predecessors . Thus translation by degrees dwindled down to a mere book- seller's job , and many a Grub - street'garretteer , no doubt , was obliged to repel the cravings of hunger or the claims of his cre- ditors until he had ...
... French predecessors . Thus translation by degrees dwindled down to a mere book- seller's job , and many a Grub - street'garretteer , no doubt , was obliged to repel the cravings of hunger or the claims of his cre- ditors until he had ...
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... French , German , Danish , and Icelandic tongues . In days of old he could have dis- coursed with the natives who dwelt on the banks of the Ce- phisus or the Tiber ; in modern days he might be the citizen of almost any country in Europe ...
... French , German , Danish , and Icelandic tongues . In days of old he could have dis- coursed with the natives who dwelt on the banks of the Ce- phisus or the Tiber ; in modern days he might be the citizen of almost any country in Europe ...
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... French is spelt aire . In Anglo Sax . eg is an egg ; in Icel . egg ; in Galic ubh , or ugh . Ey is an island in Icel . The words , which we have in common with the Germans , are not borrowed from them , but " drawn from a higher source ...
... French is spelt aire . In Anglo Sax . eg is an egg ; in Icel . egg ; in Galic ubh , or ugh . Ey is an island in Icel . The words , which we have in common with the Germans , are not borrowed from them , but " drawn from a higher source ...
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... French generals , Pajot and Boyer , speaking of whom he says that yeracity beamed on every countenance , ' using , we suppose , the word countenance ' in the restricted sense of feature . Here he visited the village of flain , which ...
... French generals , Pajot and Boyer , speaking of whom he says that yeracity beamed on every countenance , ' using , we suppose , the word countenance ' in the restricted sense of feature . Here he visited the village of flain , which ...
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... French Revolution . ' For our part we see nothing very remarkable in the character of this man , unless it be the rare habit of drinking when he felt thirsty , and the extraordinary materials of his beve- rage . The only remark our ...
... French Revolution . ' For our part we see nothing very remarkable in the character of this man , unless it be the rare habit of drinking when he felt thirsty , and the extraordinary materials of his beve- rage . The only remark our ...
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