An Historical Sketch of the Progress and Present State of Anglo-Saxon Literature in EnglandLumley, 1840 - 180 pages |
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... Conquest , ) on every subject of study then known , either in the vernacular or in the Latin tongue- materials sufficient to convince the most sceptical that they had made great progress in civilization - we have considered them a race ...
... Conquest , ) on every subject of study then known , either in the vernacular or in the Latin tongue- materials sufficient to convince the most sceptical that they had made great progress in civilization - we have considered them a race ...
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... Conquest . Before clos- ing this portion of our sketch , there is one individual of this period , whose varied talents shone forth with peculiar lustre , that deserves our particular notice . This was Ælfric , gene- rally by himself ...
... Conquest . Before clos- ing this portion of our sketch , there is one individual of this period , whose varied talents shone forth with peculiar lustre , that deserves our particular notice . This was Ælfric , gene- rally by himself ...
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... Conquest , " says a learned modern writer , " forms a dark , determined boundary line , where the accession of William be- comes an era upon which we are accustomed to found chrono- logies and calculations ; a term of beginning and of ...
... Conquest , " says a learned modern writer , " forms a dark , determined boundary line , where the accession of William be- comes an era upon which we are accustomed to found chrono- logies and calculations ; a term of beginning and of ...
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... Conquest is called Anglo - Saxon . From that period to the middle of the thirteenth century it has acquired ( though with very doubtful propriety ) the name of Semi - Saxon ; and from that period to the Reformation , that of Middle ...
... Conquest is called Anglo - Saxon . From that period to the middle of the thirteenth century it has acquired ( though with very doubtful propriety ) the name of Semi - Saxon ; and from that period to the Reformation , that of Middle ...
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... Conquest , such have they continued since , and now remain . Until a classification of the Anglo - Saxon MSS . has been made by some competent scholar , we shall be wanting in the requisite knowledge , by means of which to detail the ...
... Conquest , such have they continued since , and now remain . Until a classification of the Anglo - Saxon MSS . has been made by some competent scholar , we shall be wanting in the requisite knowledge , by means of which to detail the ...
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