The venerable Bede's Ecclesiastical history of England, also the Anglo-Saxon chronicle, with notes, ed. by J.A. Giles |
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... GILES , D.C.L. , BLIOTHECA LATE FELLOW OF CORPUS CHRISTIE COLLEGE , OXFORD BL FIFTH EDITION . DEC 1882 BODLEIANA LONDON : GEORGE BELL & SONS , YORK STREET , COVENT GARDEN . 1881 . LONDON : PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS , LIMITED.
... GILES , D.C.L. , BLIOTHECA LATE FELLOW OF CORPUS CHRISTIE COLLEGE , OXFORD BL FIFTH EDITION . DEC 1882 BODLEIANA LONDON : GEORGE BELL & SONS , YORK STREET , COVENT GARDEN . 1881 . LONDON : PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS , LIMITED.
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... editions in about seven years ; and to the same cause must be ascribed the publication of this volume , in which , at an unprecedented low price , are now for the first time presented to the public the two great Chronicles of Anglo ...
... editions in about seven years ; and to the same cause must be ascribed the publication of this volume , in which , at an unprecedented low price , are now for the first time presented to the public the two great Chronicles of Anglo ...
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... edition of Smith , printed at Cam- bridge in 1722 , which superseded all the preceding . The basis of this edition was a MS . formerly belonging to More , bishop of Ely , and now deposited in the public library at Cambridge . [ Kk , 5 ...
... edition of Smith , printed at Cam- bridge in 1722 , which superseded all the preceding . The basis of this edition was a MS . formerly belonging to More , bishop of Ely , and now deposited in the public library at Cambridge . [ Kk , 5 ...
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... edition of Stevens's translation , altering it in many respects , and correcting the orthography of proper names , according to the modern and generally received standard . A second edition of the same volume was published in 1842. In ...
... edition of Stevens's translation , altering it in many respects , and correcting the orthography of proper names , according to the modern and generally received standard . A second edition of the same volume was published in 1842. In ...
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... edition . It contains many important additions to the former Chronicles , some of which are confirmed by C.T. B. iv .; but many are not to be found in any other MS . , par- ticularly those in the latter part of it . These are now incor ...
... edition . It contains many important additions to the former Chronicles , some of which are confirmed by C.T. B. iv .; but many are not to be found in any other MS . , par- ticularly those in the latter part of it . These are now incor ...
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Page 291 - Benedict, and afterwards by Ceolfrid ; and spending all the remaining time of my life in that monastery, I wholly applied myself to the study of Scripture, and amidst the observance of regular discipline, and the daily care of singing in the church, I always took delight in learning, teaching, and writing.
Page 82 - But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
Page 42 - For things are not to be loved for the sake of places, but places for the sake of good things.
Page 165 - And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people ; to it shall the Gentiles seek : and his rest shall be glorious.
Page 165 - It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, That thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Page 48 - Not that which goeth into the mouth, defileth a man : but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
Page 165 - And I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, To establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages ; That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth ; To them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves.
Page 519 - LONDON : GEORGE BELL & SONS, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. THE ALDINE EDITION OF THE BRITISH POETS. SUPPLEMENTARY SERIES. THE fifty-two volumes which have hitherto formed the well-known Aldine Series, embody the works of nearly all the more popular English poetical writers, whether lyric, epic, or satiric, up to the end of the eighteenth century.
Page 519 - ... public estimation a more adequate representation of the whole body of English poetry, the Publishers have determined to issue a second series, which will contain some of the older poets, and the works of recent writers, so far as may be practicable by arrangement with the representatives of the poets whose works are still copyright. One volume, or more, at a time will be issued at short intervals ; they will be uniform in binding and style with the last fine-paper edition of the Aldine Poets,...
Page 154 - All our forefathers, men beloved of God, are known to have kept it after the same manner ; and that the same may not seem to any contemptible or worthy to be rejected, it is the same which St. John the evangelist, the disciple beloved of our Lord, with all the Churches over which he presided, is recorded to have observed.