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... illustrate the richness of words of romance - language origin , after they had been successfully anglicized . Lydgate had proved his inventiveness from this source ; for among the polysyllables he is said to have introduced were ...
... illustrate the richness of words of romance - language origin , after they had been successfully anglicized . Lydgate had proved his inventiveness from this source ; for among the polysyllables he is said to have introduced were ...
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... illustrate a disciplined eloquence that no other stylistic training could have inspired . In the succeeding paragraphs , an attempt will be made to illustrate some of the principal features and disorders of literary English . ( a ) ...
... illustrate a disciplined eloquence that no other stylistic training could have inspired . In the succeeding paragraphs , an attempt will be made to illustrate some of the principal features and disorders of literary English . ( a ) ...
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... rhythmical pattern of words has the force of emphasis . Six parallelisms introduced by with illustrate the rhetorical scheme of Congeries : But oure Virgil not content wyth such meigre stuffe , 56 TUDOR TO AUGUSTAN ENGLISH.
... rhythmical pattern of words has the force of emphasis . Six parallelisms introduced by with illustrate the rhetorical scheme of Congeries : But oure Virgil not content wyth such meigre stuffe , 56 TUDOR TO AUGUSTAN ENGLISH.
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Preface | 11 |
Introduction | 13 |
Social Strata and Levels of Communication | 21 |
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