The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 18Issued under the auspices of the Thomas Jefferson memorial association of the United States, 1903 |
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... Piers Ploughman , and that it becomes like that the lan- guage we speak , as readily intelligible as other old English . On your recommendation of Mr. Hilliard , and ex- planation of the means he had established of pro- curing books ...
... Piers Ploughman , and that it becomes like that the lan- guage we speak , as readily intelligible as other old English . On your recommendation of Mr. Hilliard , and ex- planation of the means he had established of pro- curing books ...
Page 368
... Piers Ploughman , of Chaucer , Douglas , Spenser , and Shakespeare , any more than the second revolution , which substituted the Roman for the English black letter , made theirs a different language from that of Pope and Bolingbroke ...
... Piers Ploughman , of Chaucer , Douglas , Spenser , and Shakespeare , any more than the second revolution , which substituted the Roman for the English black letter , made theirs a different language from that of Pope and Bolingbroke ...
Page 386
... Piers Ploughman ; and under this view my cultivation of it has been continued . It was apparent to me that the labors of Dr. Hickes , and other very learned men , have been employed in a very unfortunate direction , in endeavors to give ...
... Piers Ploughman ; and under this view my cultivation of it has been continued . It was apparent to me that the labors of Dr. Hickes , and other very learned men , have been employed in a very unfortunate direction , in endeavors to give ...
Page 388
... Piers Plough- man , a different one from that we now speak . In like manner , the language of France , cotempo- rary with our Anglo - Saxon , was as different from modern French , as the Anglo - Saxon from modern English ; and their ...
... Piers Plough- man , a different one from that we now speak . In like manner , the language of France , cotempo- rary with our Anglo - Saxon , was as different from modern French , as the Anglo - Saxon from modern English ; and their ...
Page 390
... Piers Ploughman , Douglas , or Chaucer , then I am persuaded its acqui- sition will require little time or labor , and will richly repay us by the intimate insight it will give us into the genuine structure , powers and mean- ings of ...
... Piers Ploughman , Douglas , or Chaucer , then I am persuaded its acqui- sition will require little time or labor , and will richly repay us by the intimate insight it will give us into the genuine structure , powers and mean- ings of ...
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