An Historical Sketch of the Progress and Present State of Anglo-Saxon Literature in EnglandLumley, 1840 - 180 pages |
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Page ix
... Names of Places chiefly Anglo - Saxon - Classification of Anglo - Saxon MSS . desirable -Destruction of Libraries in the ravages of the Danes , and during the Civil Wars of York and Lancaster - Scarcity of Writing Materials ...
... Names of Places chiefly Anglo - Saxon - Classification of Anglo - Saxon MSS . desirable -Destruction of Libraries in the ravages of the Danes , and during the Civil Wars of York and Lancaster - Scarcity of Writing Materials ...
Page xii
... .-S. in Philology - Dialects - Numerical strength of the Saxon - Names of Persons and Places , & c . - Religion— Plan of Study - Conclusion , 162-180 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF ANGLO - SAXON LITERATURE . CHAPTER I. xii CONTENTS .
... .-S. in Philology - Dialects - Numerical strength of the Saxon - Names of Persons and Places , & c . - Religion— Plan of Study - Conclusion , 162-180 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF ANGLO - SAXON LITERATURE . CHAPTER I. xii CONTENTS .
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... names of kings , and the battles which they fought , made up the greater portion of Anglo - Saxon story . With the ... name , and language , and power , over the whole earth . Whether the Saxons , on their invasion of Britain , possessed ...
... names of kings , and the battles which they fought , made up the greater portion of Anglo - Saxon story . With the ... name , and language , and power , over the whole earth . Whether the Saxons , on their invasion of Britain , possessed ...
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... names of Claudius , Rabanus , and Eri- gena , pupils of Bede , may be adduced as having , by their talents in after life , done honour to their instructor . Boniface , the Anglo - Saxon missionary , who was " born and nourished in the ...
... names of Claudius , Rabanus , and Eri- gena , pupils of Bede , may be adduced as having , by their talents in after life , done honour to their instructor . Boniface , the Anglo - Saxon missionary , who was " born and nourished in the ...
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... name of Dunstan claims our attention , from the extra- ordinary power which he acquired , and the uses to which it was applied . He was of noble lineage , and at an early age was introduced to the court of Athelstane , by his uncle ...
... name of Dunstan claims our attention , from the extra- ordinary power which he acquired , and the uses to which it was applied . He was of noble lineage , and at an early age was introduced to the court of Athelstane , by his uncle ...
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