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Contents.
| A.D. | page | |
| French used by Architects | 235 | |
| French used by Ladies | 236 | |
| Warlike Romances Englished | 237 | |
| Our French words for soldiering | 238 | |
| French employed by lawyers | 239 | |
| The number of new French words | 240 | |
| These take English endings | 241 | |
| French words used by the lowest | 242 | |
| 1303. | French brought in by Robert of Brunne | 243 |
| Jolly, party, divers, nice | 244 | |
| Touch, trail, single, afraid | 245 | |
| Certain, passing, bondage | 246 | |
| English roots take French endings | 247 | |
| The decay of Teutonic words arrested | 248 | |
| Corruption of the Franciscan Order | 249 | |
| 1360. | Robert's words need explanation | 250 |
| Gradual loss of Old English Words | 251 | |
| Table of Words, Obsolete and Romance | 252 |
the new english.
a.d. 1303-1873.
| English differs from other Literatures | 253 | |
| Each shire had its own speech | 254 | |
| Norse influence in England | 255 | |
| 1303. | The East Midland advances Southwards | 256 |
| Contrast between it and the London speech | 257 | |
| Edward I. neglected English | 258 | |
| The New Standard English spreads | 259 | |
| 1349. | Edward III. favours it | 260 |
| New Forms of old words | 261 | |
| Poem on the Carpenter's Tools | 262 | |
| 1356. | Mandeville's writings | 263 |
| Nassington at Cambridge | 264 |
