... the second century BC, the Germanic language split into three distinct sub-groups; East Germanic was spoken by people who migrated back to southeastern Europe (East Germanic is not spoken today and the only written material that has survived is Gothic), North Germanic evolved into the modern Scandinavian ... West Germanic sub-group which is the ancestor of modern German, Dutch, Flemish, Frisian, and English. (Literature: The British Edition p.8) The history of the English language can be traced back to the arrival of three West Germanic tribes to the British Isles during the 5th and 6th ...

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... Edwin Chadwick (1803-1890): Report on Sanitary Conditions, 1842, [At Brown] • Friedrich Engels: Industrial Manchester, 1844 From The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844. • Elizabeth Gaskell: North and South, 1855, [At Clinch ... craftsmen - printers, masons, foremen developed stern morality/Methodism. Tended to see itself as leaders of the w/c. It was always under pressure from new technology making its skills redundant. o Semi-skilled workers - bricklayers, pipefitters, some factory workers. o Unskilled Workers - dockers, ... 1800 in Dusseldorf it had 10,000, in 1910 i...

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... that? The truth is London was the only British city in mediaeval times which was comparable in size to the great cities of Europe. Between 1500 and 1800 it grew steadily in size and prominence, though during the middle ages its population never reached the levels it had attained in Roman ... tribute to Milton as a poet who can inspire and speak for the nation. Wordsworth establishes the Commonwealth and its writers as the ideal to which the present British state and its poets should aspire. Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour: England hath need of thee: she is a fen Of stagnant ...

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... market are known as venders. Through out many cultures world wide the flea market has been around for many generations. At present, this type of industry has reached the multi-billion dollar level and still growing with the help of the Internet and television ... from the 1800's, blankets and linens form early 1900's, dishes like old willoware, sometimes refurred to as "BLUE WILLOW," found in England from the late 18th century. With these type of programs everyone can get a small glimpse of old world charms and new world ideas in the soothing comfort of their own own living rooms or stud...

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