Sketches of the History of Literature and Learning in England ...: With Specimens of the Principal Writers, Volumes 1-2C. Knight & Company, 1844 - English language |
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... latter country and the surrounding regions , if we may place any reliance on the assertion which he makes in the next line , that in Thule itself people now talked of hiring rhetoricians to manage their causes . Thule , whatever may ...
... latter country and the surrounding regions , if we may place any reliance on the assertion which he makes in the next line , that in Thule itself people now talked of hiring rhetoricians to manage their causes . Thule , whatever may ...
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... said to have been swollen , as meaning the notions of his master Pelagius , and adduces the words as a testimony in favour of the Irish origin of the latter . Irish , St. Patrick , from whose pen we have INTRODUCTION . 13.
... said to have been swollen , as meaning the notions of his master Pelagius , and adduces the words as a testimony in favour of the Irish origin of the latter . Irish , St. Patrick , from whose pen we have INTRODUCTION . 13.
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... latter part of the eleventh century ; but both his and the other annals profess , and are believed , to have been compiled from authentic records of much greater antiquity . They form undoubtedly a collection of materials in the highest ...
... latter part of the eleventh century ; but both his and the other annals profess , and are believed , to have been compiled from authentic records of much greater antiquity . They form undoubtedly a collection of materials in the highest ...
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... latter part of the seventh century , and to be the oldest specimen of the language that has been preserved ; the Ode on the Victory obtained by King Athelstan over the Danes at Brunanburgh in 938 ; the Traveller's Song , and a few more ...
... latter part of the seventh century , and to be the oldest specimen of the language that has been preserved ; the Ode on the Victory obtained by King Athelstan over the Danes at Brunanburgh in 938 ; the Traveller's Song , and a few more ...
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... latter part of the sixth and the early part of the seventh century , but evidently reduced to the language of a later era ; the Saxon Chronicle , the earlier portion of which is chiefly a compilation from Bede , and which appears to be ...
... latter part of the sixth and the early part of the seventh century , but evidently reduced to the language of a later era ; the Saxon Chronicle , the earlier portion of which is chiefly a compilation from Bede , and which appears to be ...
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