 | 1863 - 584 pages
...languages. I am aware that Hickes maintained that nine-tenths of the English dictionary was of Saxoa origin, because there were only three words of Latin origin in the Lord's Prayer ; that Sharon Turner was of opinion that the relation of Norman to Saxon was as four to six; and that... | |
 | 1865 - 854 pages
...joins the North Sea, at the Strait of Dover, where it is narrowest, being only 21 miles wide from Dover three words of Latin origin in the Lord's Prayer....Turner, who extended his observations over a larger fieW, came to the conclusion that the relation of Norman to Saxon was as four to six. a more accurate... | |
 | 1868 - 856 pages
...the smaller ingredients, we find, on comparing the Teutonic with the Latin, or Neo- Latin, or Norman elements in English, that the latter have a decided...in the Lord's Prayer. Sharon Turner, who extended hia observations over a larger field, came to the conclusion that the relation of Norman to Saxon was... | |
 | 1883 - 842 pages
...would be no doubt on the Saxon side. The articles, prononns, prepositions, and auxiliary verbs, all jf which are of Saxon growth, occur over and over again...Prayer, Sharon Turner, who extended his observations ova a larger field, came to the conclusion that the relation of Norman to Saxon was ns four to six.... | |
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... home-grown Saxon terms. This may seem incredible ; and if we simply took a page of any English book, and counted therein the words of purely Saxon and Latin origin, the majority would be no doubt on the Saxon side. The articles, pronouns, prepositions,... 