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" William had even entertained the difficult project of totally abolishing the English language; and for that purpose, he ordered that in all schools throughout the kingdom the youth should be instructed in the French tongue; a practice which was continued... "
An Historical Sketch of the Progress and Present State of Anglo-Saxon ... - Page 17
by John Petheram - 1840 - 180 pages
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The poems of Ossian, in the orig. Gaelic, with a tr. into Lat. by ..., Volume 3

Ossian - 1807 - 596 pages
...entertained the difficult project of totally abolishing the English language, and for that purpose he ordered that in all schools throughout the kingdom,...the youth should be instructed in the French tongue. By the same authority, the pleadings in the supreme courts of judicature were in French. The deeds...
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The Youth's Companion: Or, An Historical Dictionary; Consisting of Articles ...

Ezra Sampson - 1807 - 506 pages
...the English youth to be instructed in the French tongue, in all the schools throughout the kingdom. The pleadings in the supreme court of judicature were in French ; the deeds of land were often drawn in the same language ; and the laws were composed in that idiom. No other...
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The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution ...

David Hume, Tobias Smollett - 1825 - 480 pages
...entertained the difficult project of totally abolishing the English language ; and, for that purpose, he ordered, that in all schools throughout the kingdom...the youth should be instructed in the French tongue ; a practice which was continued from custom till after the reign of Edward III. and was never indeed...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 34

1826 - 644 pages
...there any external arguments which can H 3 weaken weaken the conjecture. We are told that ' William entertained the project of abolishing the English...supreme court of judicature were in French, the deeds often were drawn in the same language, and the laws were composed in that idiom.'* But this popular...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 34

1826 - 644 pages
...there any external arguments which can. R 3 weaken weaken the conjecture. We are told that ' William entertained the project of abolishing the English...instructed in the French tongue. The pleadings in die supreme court x>f judicature were iri French, the deeds often were drawn in the same language,...
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Vestigia Anglicana: Or, Illustrations of the More Interesting and ..., Volume 1

Stephen Reynolds Clarke - 1826 - 462 pages
...William entertained the difficult project of exterminating even the English language: he commanded that in all schools throughout the kingdom the youth should be instructed in the French tongue only;1* the pleadings in the supreme courts of justice, and the laws themselves, were in that dialect;...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 34

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1826 - 854 pages
...there any external arguments which can K 3 weaken weaken llie conjecture. We are told that ' William entertained the project of abolishing the English...; he ordered, that, in all schools throughout the Jiingdom, the youth should be instructed in the French tongue. The pleadings in the supreme court of...
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Vestigia Anglicana: Or, Illustrations of the More Interesting and ..., Volume 1

Stephen Reynolds Clarke - 1826 - 450 pages
...William entertained the difficult project of exterminating even the English language: he commanded that in all schools throughout the kingdom the youth should be instructed in the French tongue only/ the pleadings in the supreme courts of justice, and the laws themselves, were in that dialect;...
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History of England, from the First Invasion by Julius Caesar, to the ...

William Grimshaw - 1826 - 318 pages
...project of abolishing the English language ; and, for that purpose, ordered, that, in all schools, the youth should be instructed in the French tongue. The pleadings in the supreme courts were in French: the laws were written in that idiom: no other language was used at court : it...
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The British Story Briefly Told: From Early Times to the Present Period ...

1832 - 360 pages
...against the English, was his attempt to abolish their very language. For this purpose, he enacted, that in all schools throughout the kingdom, the youth should be instructed in the Norman French tongue. Law proceedings were ordered to be conducted in the French language ; and the...
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