The Monthly Epitome, Volume 5W. Clarke, 1802 - Great Britain |
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... language now " Odin's horfe , and Odin's fword , had names ; Sleipner ( Лleep ne'er ) and Tirfing : I don't know what tirfing meant . The daughter of Hialmar comes in the night for Tirfing ; it was made by the dwarfs , and had peculiar ...
... language now " Odin's horfe , and Odin's fword , had names ; Sleipner ( Лleep ne'er ) and Tirfing : I don't know what tirfing meant . The daughter of Hialmar comes in the night for Tirfing ; it was made by the dwarfs , and had peculiar ...
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... language ; and in the fecond vo- lume the w is often changed into a , for the fame reafon : the vowels therefore here printed fhould be pronounced as in all European languages , except English . The cb being a guttural could not be ...
... language ; and in the fecond vo- lume the w is often changed into a , for the fame reafon : the vowels therefore here printed fhould be pronounced as in all European languages , except English . The cb being a guttural could not be ...
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... language with univerfal applaufe , but likewife the Greek , with a repu- ' tation equal to that of the natives of ' Greece ; which I may venture to < affirm , has been the cafe with no other of the Italians , for a thousand years paft ...
... language with univerfal applaufe , but likewife the Greek , with a repu- ' tation equal to that of the natives of ' Greece ; which I may venture to < affirm , has been the cafe with no other of the Italians , for a thousand years paft ...
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... language into the Latin ; or in original compofitions , which may not prove unworthy the attention of men of letters . You are ' erecting a palace of unequalled gran- ' deur , and adorning your capital with ' ftatues of brafs and marble ...
... language into the Latin ; or in original compofitions , which may not prove unworthy the attention of men of letters . You are ' erecting a palace of unequalled gran- ' deur , and adorning your capital with ' ftatues of brafs and marble ...
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... language is different ; for though the Greek language has changed lefs than any other in the fame space of time , yet 700 years will make great alterations in any language , and this was nearly the fpace between these two poets . They ...
... language is different ; for though the Greek language has changed lefs than any other in the fame space of time , yet 700 years will make great alterations in any language , and this was nearly the fpace between these two poets . They ...
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