Word & Song by Anthony Esolen

Word & Song by Anthony Esolen

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Anthony Esolen
May 22, 2023
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I love English — as you’ve probably noticed! One of its odder features is its three-fold or four-fold engagement with Latin. You see, the Romans had annexed the south of Great Britain, up to Hadrian’s Wall, and so for three centuries you had people in England mixing it up with those oddballs who liked hot springs (at Bath), who set up walled camps and…

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