The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland: In Two Volumes, Volume 1Harper, 1851 - 576 pages |
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... wrote . Neither of the three writers just mentioned , can , however , justly be considered as Anglo - Saxon authors , for they all wrote in the Latin language . CEDMON , the next author to be noticed , may , therefore , properly be con ...
... wrote . Neither of the three writers just mentioned , can , however , justly be considered as Anglo - Saxon authors , for they all wrote in the Latin language . CEDMON , the next author to be noticed , may , therefore , properly be con ...
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... wrote so many excellent treatises . ' Testimonials equally flattering might also be drawn from the learned Seldon , the great antiquarian Spelman , and the famous Stillingfleet . The two centuries which followed the death of Bede , were ...
... wrote so many excellent treatises . ' Testimonials equally flattering might also be drawn from the learned Seldon , the great antiquarian Spelman , and the famous Stillingfleet . The two centuries which followed the death of Bede , were ...
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... wrote much in his native tongue , particu- larly a collection of homilies , a translation of the first seven books of the 1 For the translation of these poems we are indebted to the recent publication of King Alfred's Poems in English ...
... wrote much in his native tongue , particu- larly a collection of homilies , a translation of the first seven books of the 1 For the translation of these poems we are indebted to the recent publication of King Alfred's Poems in English ...
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... wrote in Anglo - Saxon , and that he might be understood by the unlettered people , avoided the use of all obscure words . This interesting writer died 1006 . CYNEWULF , Bishop of Winchester , Wulfstan , Archbishop of York , and some ...
... wrote in Anglo - Saxon , and that he might be understood by the unlettered people , avoided the use of all obscure words . This interesting writer died 1006 . CYNEWULF , Bishop of Winchester , Wulfstan , Archbishop of York , and some ...
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... wrote the fine romance of Roland ; Sampson de Nanteuil , who translated the Proverbs of Solomon into French verse ; Geoffroi Gaimar , author of a chronicle of the Anglo - Saxon kings ; and David , a trouvere of eminence , whose works ...
... wrote the fine romance of Roland ; Sampson de Nanteuil , who translated the Proverbs of Solomon into French verse ; Geoffroi Gaimar , author of a chronicle of the Anglo - Saxon kings ; and David , a trouvere of eminence , whose works ...
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