Excerpt from Patronymica Cornu-Britannica: Or, the Etymology of Cornish Surnames The introduction of the English Church Service paved the way for the gradual decline of the Celtic diale t of Cornwall. In 1602 it was going fast into disuse. In the early part of the last century the Cornish was still spoken by the fishermen and market women near the extreme south-western point of the county. Cf. Carew and P. Cyc. Pryce tells us, in the preface to his work (published that the Cornish was then spoken at the extremity of the ...
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Excerpt from Patronymica Cornu-Britannica: Or, the Etymology of Cornish Surnames The introduction of the English Church Service paved the way for the gradual decline of the Celtic diale t of Cornwall. In 1602 it was going fast into disuse. In the early part of the last century the Cornish was still spoken by the fishermen and market women near the extreme south-western point of the county. Cf. Carew and P. Cyc. Pryce tells us, in the preface to his work (published that the Cornish was then spoken at the extremity of the county; and Polwhele (in 1806) adds, that he did not believe that there then existed two people who could converse for any continuance in the Cornish, whether ancient or modern. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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