The Venerable Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England: Also the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. With Illustrative Notes, a Map of Anglo-Saxon England and a General IndexG. Bell, 1887 - 515 pages |
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Page xvi
... observe , that this is said to have happened at a time when Bede was little more than nine years old ! Seven years after he is stated to have had public honours conferred on him by the University , and at a later period to be still ...
... observe , that this is said to have happened at a time when Bede was little more than nine years old ! Seven years after he is stated to have had public honours conferred on him by the University , and at a later period to be still ...
Page xxiii
... observations upon the position , inhabitants , and natural productions of Britain , the author gives a rapid sketch of its history from the earliest period until the arrival of Augustine in A.D. 597 , at which era , in his opinion , the ...
... observations upon the position , inhabitants , and natural productions of Britain , the author gives a rapid sketch of its history from the earliest period until the arrival of Augustine in A.D. 597 , at which era , in his opinion , the ...
Page xxxi
... observe that in all our col- lections of MSS . there are now only six ancient copies of the Saxon Chronicle known to be in existence . proceed to enumerate and describe them in order . We will I. The first copy of this Chronicle is ...
... observe that in all our col- lections of MSS . there are now only six ancient copies of the Saxon Chronicle known to be in existence . proceed to enumerate and describe them in order . We will I. The first copy of this Chronicle is ...
Page xxxviii
... observe , that even the phraseology sometimes partakes more of the Saxon idiom than the Latin . If , therefore , it be admitted , as there is every reason to conclude from the foregoing remarks , that certain succinct and chronological ...
... observe , that even the phraseology sometimes partakes more of the Saxon idiom than the Latin . If , therefore , it be admitted , as there is every reason to conclude from the foregoing remarks , that certain succinct and chronological ...
Page xli
... observe a reference to the grand epoch of the creation of the world . So also in Ethelwerd , who closely follows the Saxon annals . It is allowed by all , that considerable difficulty has occurred in fixing the true epoch of Christ's ...
... observe a reference to the grand epoch of the creation of the world . So also in Ethelwerd , who closely follows the Saxon annals . It is allowed by all , that considerable difficulty has occurred in fixing the true epoch of Christ's ...
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