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" They did not think that men would ever be so careless, and that learning would so decay; through that desire they abstained from it, since they wished that the wisdom in this land might increase with our knowledge of languages." Then I remembered how... "
Select Translations from Old English Prose - Page 102
edited by - 1908 - 296 pages
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The Whole Works of King Alfred the Great: With Preliminary Essays ..., Volume 2

Alfred (King of England) - 1858 - 768 pages
...they have not been willing to turn any part of them into their own language. But then I soon again answered myself and said, " They did not think that men would ever become so reckless, and that learning should fall off in such a way. Of set purpose, then, they let...
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King Alfred's West-Saxon version of Gregory's Pastoral care ..., Volumes 1-2

Pope Gregory I - 1871 - 570 pages
...and wise men who were formerly all over England, and had perfectly learnt all the books, did not wish to translate them into their own language. But again...decay ; through that desire they abstained from it, and they wished that the wisdom in this land might increase with our knowledge of languages. Then I...
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Cassell's library of English literature, selected, ed ..., Volume 2; Volume 77

Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 466 pages
...and wise men who were formerly all over England, and had perfectly learnt all the books, did not wish to translate them into their own language. But again...decay ; through that desire they abstained from it, and they wished that the wisdom in this land might increase with our knowledge of languages." Then...
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Cassell's library of English literature, selected, ed. and arranged by H. Morley

Cassell, ltd - 1883 - 492 pages
...and wise men who were formerly all over England, and had perfectly learnt all the books, did not wish to translate them into their own language. But again...and said : " They did not think that men would ever 1« so careless, and that learning would so decay; through I hat desire they abstained from it, and...
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Historical Outlines of English Syntax

Leon Kellner - 1892 - 366 pages
...sien eallum monnum 112 to witanne, )>aet we fia on Saet geSeode wenden ]>e we ealle gecnawan maegen... said : "They did not think that men would ever be...decay ; through that desire they abstained from it, and they wished that the wisdom in this land might increase with our knowledge of languages." Then...
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A Literary History of the English People from the Renaissance to the Civil ...

Jean Jules Jusserand - 1895 - 594 pages
...men who were formerly all over England," wrote no translation. There can be but one explanation : " They did not think that men would ever be so careless, and that learning would so decay." Still the case is not absolutely hopeless, for there are many left who "can read English writing."...
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Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Volume 1

Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 582 pages
...wise men, who were formerly all over England, and had perfectly learnt all the books, did not wish to translate them into their own language. But again,...be so careless, and that learning would so decay; therefore they abstained from translating, and they trusted that the wisdom in this land might increase...
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English Literature, from the Beginning to the Norman Conquest

Stopford Augustus Brooke - 1898 - 364 pages
...part of them into their own tongue. But I soon answered myself and said : They did not look for it that men would ever be so careless, and that learning would so fall away. For this desire they left it alone : — wishing that there should be the more wisdom here...
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Alfred the West Saxon: King of English

Dugald Macfadyen - 1901 - 450 pages
...wise men who were formerly all over England, and had perfectly learned all the books, did not wish to translate them into their own language. But again...and that learning would so decay. " ' Through that they abstained from it, and they wished that the wisdom in this land might increase with our knowledge...
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The Story of King Alfred

Walter Besant - 1901 - 218 pages
...wise men who were formerly all over England, and had perfectly learned all the books, did not wish to translate them into their own language. But again...that learning would so decay. '• ' Through that they abstained from it, and they wished that the wisdom in this land might increase with our knowledge...
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