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A Scheme for abolishing all Words is one of the wittiest and smartest comments on semantics. (Illustration: extreme close-up from the movie "The Big Swallow" (1901), produced and directed by James Williamson (1855-1933)
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A Scheme for abolishing all Words is one of the wittiest and smartest comments on semantics. (Illustration: extreme close-up from the movie "The Big Swallow" (1901), produced and directed by James Williamson (1855-1933)

King Horn is one of the earliest Middle English romances. It was written in a South Midlands dialect somewhere around 1225 by an unknown poet. It is based on the Anglo-Norman story Romance of Horn (1170). The story was retold in later romances and ballads.




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