Home › Language & Communication › English Past and Present › Read onlineEnglish Past and Presentby Richard Chenevix Trench8 sections · Download EPUBStart reading ›Continue reading1Note2Editor’s Preface3Preface to the First Edition4I — English a Composite Language5II — Gains of the English Language6III — Diminutions of the English Language7IV — Changes in the Meaning of English Words8V — Changes in the Spelling of English Words← Back to English Past and Present