East Midland

That of the East Midland was the speech of the metropolis, in which

The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 354, October 9, 1886 Various

This victory of the East Midland form was marked by, though it was not in any large degree due to, the appearance in the fourteenth century of the first great modern English poet, Chaucer.

A History of English Literature Robert Huntington Fletcher

There were also the Northern and Southern dialects, which, blending with the East Midland, formed the basis of modern English.

The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 354, October 9, 1886 Various

This piece of ritual has apparently been attracted to Christmas from an early feast of spring, and Plough Monday, when the East Midland plays take place, is just such an early spring feast.

Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan Clement A. Miles

After him, the dialects lost their importance; the one he used, the East Midland dialect, has since become the language of the nation.

A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand

In the outcome success fell to the East Midland dialect, partly through the influence of London, which under the Norman kings replaced Winchester as the capital city and seat of the Court and Parliament, and partly through the influence of the two

A History of English Literature Robert Huntington Fletcher

The West Saxon, clinging more tenaciously to ancient forms, sunk into the position of a local dialect; while the East Midland, spreading to London, Oxford, and

Brief History of English and American Literature 1886

English are to be found in the East Midland, spoken in Lincoln, Norfolk,

From Chaucer to Tennyson 1886

The sources of modern standard English are to be found in the East Midland, spoken in

Brief History of English and American Literature 1886

It is notorious that the Northern dialect admits Scandinavian words freely; and the same is true, to a lesser degree, of East Midland.

English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day 1873