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 xv
... thought to afford sufficient authority for the sup- position . A controversy , however , on this subject has arisen from a letter first published by William of Malmesbury , which to this hour has not been satisfactorily decided . This ...
... thought to afford sufficient authority for the sup- position . A controversy , however , on this subject has arisen from a letter first published by William of Malmesbury , which to this hour has not been satisfactorily decided . This ...
Page xx
... thought worthy to be so weakened . He often repeated , " That God scourgeth every son whom he receiveth ; ' and much more out of Holy Scripture ; as also this sentence from St. Ambrose , ' I have not lived so as to be ashamed to live ...
... thought worthy to be so weakened . He often repeated , " That God scourgeth every son whom he receiveth ; ' and much more out of Holy Scripture ; as also this sentence from St. Ambrose , ' I have not lived so as to be ashamed to live ...
Page xxix
... thought it not beneath his dignity to render it familiar to his Anglo - Saxon subjects , by translating it into their tongue . The first version in modern English was that of Stapleton , bearing the following title , " The History of ...
... thought it not beneath his dignity to render it familiar to his Anglo - Saxon subjects , by translating it into their tongue . The first version in modern English was that of Stapleton , bearing the following title , " The History of ...
Page xxxi
... thought to have had some hand in compiling the first part of it . " From internal evidence of an indirect nature , " says Dr. Ingram , " there is great reason to presume that archbishop Plegmund transcribed or superintended this very ...
... thought to have had some hand in compiling the first part of it . " From internal evidence of an indirect nature , " says Dr. Ingram , " there is great reason to presume that archbishop Plegmund transcribed or superintended this very ...
Page xxxvii
... thought worthy or not of the reader's attention , I am not disposed to waive it in favour of any other ; for numerous writers have already tried to go more deeply into the subject , and have failed in eliciting more than vague and ...
... thought worthy or not of the reader's attention , I am not disposed to waive it in favour of any other ; for numerous writers have already tried to go more deeply into the subject , and have failed in eliciting more than vague and ...
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