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... French and German , may easily make such progress as will very soon astonish himself , and excite him to further researches . Learning " Anglo - Saxon , " as it has been called , is not really learning a new language ; it is merely a ...
... French and German , may easily make such progress as will very soon astonish himself , and excite him to further researches . Learning " Anglo - Saxon , " as it has been called , is not really learning a new language ; it is merely a ...
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... French ; whilst the assistance to be derived from it surpasses all expectation . But it is best to begin at the beginning ; and , in studying English , the true beginning is at the end . We all understand the modern language ; let that ...
... French ; whilst the assistance to be derived from it surpasses all expectation . But it is best to begin at the beginning ; and , in studying English , the true beginning is at the end . We all understand the modern language ; let that ...
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... French Dictionary . Chambers , Cyclopædia of English Literature ; 2 vols . Craik , Outlines of the History of the English Language . Spalding , History of English Literature . Good hints on English Composition will be found in- Abbott ...
... French Dictionary . Chambers , Cyclopædia of English Literature ; 2 vols . Craik , Outlines of the History of the English Language . Spalding , History of English Literature . Good hints on English Composition will be found in- Abbott ...
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... French is absolutely indispensable , because words introduced from the French were introduced mostly in the fourteenth century . There is one by Burguy ( which really forms the third volume of his Grammaire de la Langue d'Oil , but can ...
... French is absolutely indispensable , because words introduced from the French were introduced mostly in the fourteenth century . There is one by Burguy ( which really forms the third volume of his Grammaire de la Langue d'Oil , but can ...
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... French Dictionary ; written in French . ) Littrè , Dictionnaire . ( A great and valuable work . ) Egilsson , Icelandic Lexicon . ( A lexicon of the old poetical language only ; the explanations are in Latin . ) Haldorsson , Icelandic ...
... French Dictionary ; written in French . ) Littrè , Dictionnaire . ( A great and valuable work . ) Egilsson , Icelandic Lexicon . ( A lexicon of the old poetical language only ; the explanations are in Latin . ) Haldorsson , Icelandic ...
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