The Origin and History of the English Language: And of the Early Literature It Embodies

by George Perkins Marsh

Excerpt from The Origin and History of the English Language: And of the Early Literature It Embodies

Fuller, The Church History of Britain, from the Birth of Jesus Christ until the year 1648, London, 1665, 1 vol. Folio.

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594 pages, Hardcover

Published August 24, 2018

About the author

George Perkins Marsh was an American diplomat and philologist and is considered by some to be America's first environmentalist and the precursor to the sustainability concept, although "conservationist" would be more accurate.