English Past and Present

English Past and Present
Richard Chenevix Trench, anglican archbishop and poet (1773-1886)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
-01- ABOUT THIS BOOK
-02- EDITOR’S PREFACE
-03- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
-04- ENGLISH A COMPOSITE LANGUAGE
-05- FOOTNOTES
-06- GAINS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
-07- FOOTNOTES
-08- DIMINUTIONS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
-09- FOOTNOTES
-10- CHANGES IN THE MEANING OF ENGLISH WORDS
-11- FOOTNOTES
-12- CHANGES IN THE SPELLING OF ENGLISH WORDS
-13- FOOTNOTES