English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature, Volume 3Cassell, limited, 1888 |
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... wrote also a tract of doctrine on the sacred- ness of the Confidence of the Confessional , ” and on the position of a penitent who , for want of a proper con- fessor , might choose any clerk or layman or confess to God alone , though ...
... wrote also a tract of doctrine on the sacred- ness of the Confidence of the Confessional , ” and on the position of a penitent who , for want of a proper con- fessor , might choose any clerk or layman or confess to God alone , though ...
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... wrote Anselm's life . He was one of the Benedictines of Canterbury , and , as he says of himself , was from childhood in the habit of noting and remember- ing events , especially those which concerned the Church . * His genius in this ...
... wrote Anselm's life . He was one of the Benedictines of Canterbury , and , as he says of himself , was from childhood in the habit of noting and remember- ing events , especially those which concerned the Church . * His genius in this ...
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... wrote also a tract on the use of the Abacus , another on the Astrolabe . He introduced Euclid into England by a translation which , as it remained the text- book of succeeding mathematicians , was published after- wards with a ...
... wrote also a tract on the use of the Abacus , another on the Astrolabe . He introduced Euclid into England by a translation which , as it remained the text- book of succeeding mathematicians , was published after- wards with a ...
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... wrote a treatise on the Computus , or Calculation of Easter , following and correcting Gerland and Helperic , in which he says that it was published in 1124 , and that he wrote it when he was very young . * Roger Infans . Philip de ...
... wrote a treatise on the Computus , or Calculation of Easter , following and correcting Gerland and Helperic , in which he says that it was published in 1124 , and that he wrote it when he was very young . * Roger Infans . Philip de ...
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... wrote many books which he gave away gratuitously , for which reason , perhaps , so little care was taken of them that they all are lost . He did not leave Ratisbon , but immured himself in a cell there , for which reason he is also ...
... wrote many books which he gave away gratuitously , for which reason , perhaps , so little care was taken of them that they all are lost . He did not leave Ratisbon , but immured himself in a cell there , for which reason he is also ...
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