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 xxxiv
... taken greater liberties in abridging former Chronicles , and inserting translations of Latin docu- ments in his own Normanized dialect . Frithstan , bishop of Winchester , who died A.D. 931 according to this Chronicle , is called biscop ...
... taken greater liberties in abridging former Chronicles , and inserting translations of Latin docu- ments in his own Normanized dialect . Frithstan , bishop of Winchester , who died A.D. 931 according to this Chronicle , is called biscop ...
Page xxxv
... taken from two of the Cotton MSS . , and therefore are of little critical value ; but the Dublin transcript appears to be taken from an original , now lost , [ Cott . Otho B. xi . ] and therefore it possesses an independent authority ...
... taken from two of the Cotton MSS . , and therefore are of little critical value ; but the Dublin transcript appears to be taken from an original , now lost , [ Cott . Otho B. xi . ] and therefore it possesses an independent authority ...
Page xxxvii
... taken from the Preface of Dr. Ingram , and I do not scruple to insert them , although the quotation is rather long , because they show the train of thought which arose in the mind of one who as yet stands foremost among the translators ...
... taken from the Preface of Dr. Ingram , and I do not scruple to insert them , although the quotation is rather long , because they show the train of thought which arose in the mind of one who as yet stands foremost among the translators ...
Page xxxviii
... taken place in several provinces of the Heptarchy before the time of Bede , let us inquire by whom they were likely to have been made . " In the province of Kent , the first person on record , who is celebrated for his learning , is ...
... taken place in several provinces of the Heptarchy before the time of Bede , let us inquire by whom they were likely to have been made . " In the province of Kent , the first person on record , who is celebrated for his learning , is ...
Page xl
... taken some pains to collect , in order to lay them before the reader in the preface ; but they are so numerous that the subject would necessarily become tedious ; and therefore every reader must be left to find them for himself . They ...
... taken some pains to collect , in order to lay them before the reader in the preface ; but they are so numerous that the subject would necessarily become tedious ; and therefore every reader must be left to find them for himself . They ...
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