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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

English in its earliest shape.

A.D.		page
	The Aryan Clan on the Oxus	1
	Their way of life	2
	Words common to Sanscrit and English	3, 4
	Aryan Suffixes kept by us	5
	The origin of ward and like	6
	Aryan Comparatives and Superlatives	7
	The Aryan Verb - Strong Perfects	8
	The Participle, Strong and Weak	9
	Aryan Irregular Verbs	10
	Our forms akin to Latin and Greek	11
	Our forms akin to Lithuanian	12
	The Three divisions of Teutons	13
	Inflections of their Substantive and Verb	14
	Teutonic Endings of Nouns	15
	Weak Perfects - Inroads on the Celts	16
	The Teutons attack the Latins	17
450.	The Beowulf, an English Epic	18
	The English seize Britain	19
600.	They are Christianized	20
	Old English Substantives	21
	Old English Adjectives	22