An Historical Sketch of the Progress and Present State of Anglo-Saxon Literature in EnglandLumley, 1840 - 180 pages |
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Page 10
... additions of his own , so that in the Anglo - Saxon ver- sion of this once popular book , we have almost a new and dis- tinct work . A selection from the Confessions of St. Augustin was also the production of his pen . To the ...
... additions of his own , so that in the Anglo - Saxon ver- sion of this once popular book , we have almost a new and dis- tinct work . A selection from the Confessions of St. Augustin was also the production of his pen . To the ...
Page 15
... addition to these he tells us that he trans- lated the Book of Judges ; a portion of the Book of Kings ; the two Books of the Maccabees ; the Book of Esther , " which I briefly , after my manner , translated into English ; " and the ...
... addition to these he tells us that he trans- lated the Book of Judges ; a portion of the Book of Kings ; the two Books of the Maccabees ; the Book of Esther , " which I briefly , after my manner , translated into English ; " and the ...
Page 31
... additions of Parker . In some copies of this book , according to Strype , in his Life of this prelate , " towards the conclusion are enlargements consisting of ten whole sheets , and about seventy - six pages . For this amplification is ...
... additions of Parker . In some copies of this book , according to Strype , in his Life of this prelate , " towards the conclusion are enlargements consisting of ten whole sheets , and about seventy - six pages . For this amplification is ...
Page 32
... additions , the book is most valuable . They give an historical account of the marriage of priests from before the Conquest , in the Saxon times , and bring it down to the reign of King Edward VI . , out of the ancient writers of our ...
... additions , the book is most valuable . They give an historical account of the marriage of priests from before the Conquest , in the Saxon times , and bring it down to the reign of King Edward VI . , out of the ancient writers of our ...
Page 39
... additions by him . Somner made use of the original for the compila- tion of his Saxon Dictionary . Nowel is considered the first , and Lambarde the second , restorer of the Anglo - Saxon language . - Wood's Athenæ by Bliss . MS ...
... additions by him . Somner made use of the original for the compila- tion of his Saxon Dictionary . Nowel is considered the first , and Lambarde the second , restorer of the Anglo - Saxon language . - Wood's Athenæ by Bliss . MS ...
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acquainted additions Ælfric afterwards Alfred Alfred's amongst ancient Anglo Anglo-Saxon Grammar Anglo-Saxon language Anglo-Saxon Laws Anglo-Saxon literature Anglo-Saxon MSS appears Archæologia archbishop of Canterbury Archbishop Parker Bede Beowulf Bishop Nicolson Bodleian Library Boethius Bosworth Bowyer Cadmon Catalogue century character charters church clergy collated collection Conquest contains Conybeare copy Cotton Library Dissertation edition editor Elizabeth Elstob England English translation folio given Glossary Gospels Gothic Gough Harl Harleian Library Hickes Hickes's History Homily Ibid Illustrations inserted Junius King knowledge labours Lambarde Lecture letter lished literary Miss Elstob Nichols's notes notice original Orosius Oxford Parker Poetry portion Preface prefixed printed publication published Rome Saxon Chronicle Saxon Homilies Saxon language Saxon Laws Saxon literature Saxon tongue scholars Somner specimen Spelman Thesaurus Thoresby Thwaites tion transcript Turner's valuable volume Wanley Wanley's Whelock words writings written