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...cupful of water it will at first penetrate in irregular streaks without mingling, but will gradually give a color and flavor to the whole. This was really the case with the Norman-French brought into England at the time of the Conquest. At first the French and the Anglo-Saxon existed side by side, the one as language of the Court, the higher clergy and the nobles; the other of the people. Gradually as the connexion with Frence grew weaker and at last ceased altogether, and the realm of England began to develop itself under its single kings, the languages...
...with the great mass of our language, the number of words of Norman introduction is also very small. Chaucer shows the tendency of the two dialects of court and country to coalesce and form a new language. The almost contemporary poem of Piers Ploughman, written for popular effect, is Anglo-Saxon in the form of its metre, and shows but slight traces of French in its diction. The vision opens thus...
...committee in charge of the summer schools has issued a small pamphlet containing an announcement of the courses of instruction to be offered this year. The list includes one course each in Anglo-Saxon, History and Art of Teaching, Draughting and Descriptive Geometry, Solid Geometry, Trigonometry, and Botany; two courses each in English, German, French, Psychology, Physics, and Physical Training; three courses in Engineering; four each in Chemistry and Geology, and courses at the Medical School...
...requirement of unanimity is merely a relic of the Anglo-Saxon customs. It is contrary (a) To the practice of every country except England and the United States. Forum IX, p. 314. (b) To all analogies, even in those two countries; e. g., legislative bodies, courts, etc. Forum...
WILL the man who took by mistake notes on "Legal Punishments among the Anglo-Saxons," from Alcove 8 of the library, on Monday, please return at once to 17 Matthews...