An Historical Sketch of the Progress and Present State of Anglo-Saxon Literature in EnglandLumley, 1840 - 180 pages |
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... amongst us have , from time to time , appeared in our Magazines and Reviews ; but in the connected form which has been attempted in this Sketch , it is new to me , and , I believe , new to the world . I have not presumption enough to ...
... amongst us have , from time to time , appeared in our Magazines and Reviews ; but in the connected form which has been attempted in this Sketch , it is new to me , and , I believe , new to the world . I have not presumption enough to ...
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... amongst the Saxons , by the Romish Missionaries — Monasteries →→ Establishment of Schools and Libraries - Eminent Scholars ; Theodore , Adrian , Benedict , Bede , Aldhelm , Boniface , & c . — Ina founds a Saxon School at Rome ; its ...
... amongst the Saxons , by the Romish Missionaries — Monasteries →→ Establishment of Schools and Libraries - Eminent Scholars ; Theodore , Adrian , Benedict , Bede , Aldhelm , Boniface , & c . — Ina founds a Saxon School at Rome ; its ...
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... amongst them , of their prose or poetic compositions , we knew but little . Whilst the shelves of our libraries are filled with works written in the dark ages , ( as we are apt to term the period preceding the Conquest , ) on every ...
... amongst them , of their prose or poetic compositions , we knew but little . Whilst the shelves of our libraries are filled with works written in the dark ages , ( as we are apt to term the period preceding the Conquest , ) on every ...
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... amongst us . † But if , in the absence of direct evidence , we are left in some doubt respecting the knowledge of written language , possess- ed by the Anglo - Saxons , the early patronage of literature by their kings , leaves us in no ...
... amongst us . † But if , in the absence of direct evidence , we are left in some doubt respecting the knowledge of written language , possess- ed by the Anglo - Saxons , the early patronage of literature by their kings , leaves us in no ...
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... amongst the new converts , he . sent many MSS . of books , accompanied by ecclesiastical ves- sels , vestments , and ornaments ; and thus began the intellec- tual as well as the religious education of the Anglo - Saxons . * The first ...
... amongst the new converts , he . sent many MSS . of books , accompanied by ecclesiastical ves- sels , vestments , and ornaments ; and thus began the intellec- tual as well as the religious education of the Anglo - Saxons . * The first ...
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