Theexampleofarevolution，sorapidandsocomplete，maynoteasilybefound；butitwillexciteaprobablesuspicion，thattheartsofRomewerelessdeeplyrootedinBritainthaninGaulorSpain；andthatthenativerudenessofthecountryanditsinhabitantswascoveredbyathinvarnishofItalianmanners。

　　[Footnote142:Hocanno490AellaetCissaobsederuntAndredes—Ceaster；etinterfeceruntomnesquiidincoluerunt；adeoutneunusBritoibisuperstesfuerit，Chron。Saxon。p。15；anexpressionmoredreadfulinitssimplicity，thanallthevagueandtediouslamentationsoftheBritishJeremiah。]

　　[Footnote143:Andredes—Ceaster，orAnderida，isplacedbyCamdenBritannia，vol。i。p。258atNewenden，inthemarshygroundsofKent，whichmightbeformerlycoveredbythesea，andontheedgeofthegreatforestAnderidawhichoverspreadsolargeaportionofHampshireandSussex。]

　　[Footnote144:Dr。Johnsonaffirms，thatfewEnglishwordsareofBritishextraction。Mr。Whitaker，whounderstandstheBritishlanguage，hasdiscoveredmorethanthreethousand，andactuallyproducesalongandvariouscatalogue，vol。ii。p。235—329。

　　Itispossible，indeed，thatmanyofthesewordsmayhavebeenimportedfromtheLatinorSaxonintothenativeidiomofBritain。

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