William of Malmesbury's Chronicle of the Kings of England: From the Earliest Period to the Reign of King StephenG. Bell, 1895 - 544 pages |
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Page v
... English by the Rev. John Sharpe , and published in quarto , in 1815 . Though the language of Mr. Sharpe's work is by no means so smooth as the dialect of the present day would require , yet the care with which he examined MSS . , and ...
... English by the Rev. John Sharpe , and published in quarto , in 1815 . Though the language of Mr. Sharpe's work is by no means so smooth as the dialect of the present day would require , yet the care with which he examined MSS . , and ...
Page vi
... English dress , has , unfortunately , left few facts of a per- sonal nature to be recorded of him ; and even these can only be casually gleaned from his own writings . It is indeed much to be regretted that he who wrote so well on such ...
... English dress , has , unfortunately , left few facts of a per- sonal nature to be recorded of him ; and even these can only be casually gleaned from his own writings . It is indeed much to be regretted that he who wrote so well on such ...
Page ix
... English , by St. Augustine , to 1123 ; to which he added a fifth 4. De Vita Aldhelmi . The Life of St. Aldhelm : which was completed in 1125. It is very reasonably conjectured that this last was published sepa- rately and some time ...
... English , by St. Augustine , to 1123 ; to which he added a fifth 4. De Vita Aldhelmi . The Life of St. Aldhelm : which was completed in 1125. It is very reasonably conjectured that this last was published sepa- rately and some time ...
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... English reader , may well justify an under- taking of this kind ; and it should be remarked that a trans- lation of Malmesbury may serve to diffuse a very different idea of the state of manners and learning in his days from that which ...
... English reader , may well justify an under- taking of this kind ; and it should be remarked that a trans- lation of Malmesbury may serve to diffuse a very different idea of the state of manners and learning in his days from that which ...
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... English literature . Bedam , " London , 1596 , fol . This was reprinted , but with many additional errors , at Frankfort , 1601 , fol . Saville's division into chapters , in the second book more especially , has no authority ; but as it ...
... English literature . Bedam , " London , 1596 , fol . This was reprinted , but with many additional errors , at Frankfort , 1601 , fol . Saville's division into chapters , in the second book more especially , has no authority ; but as it ...
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