Biographia Britannica Literaria: Anglo-Saxon periodJ.W. Parker, 1842 - Anglo-Norman literature |
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... England , began to look upon it as a story connected only with the spot where they now dwelt , and to perpetuate the error by giving the name of its hero to some ob- ject in their vicinity . Thus came such names as Grimesby in ...
... England , began to look upon it as a story connected only with the spot where they now dwelt , and to perpetuate the error by giving the name of its hero to some ob- ject in their vicinity . Thus came such names as Grimesby in ...
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... England early in the lat- ter half of the same century , that we owe the establish- ment of learning among the Anglo - Saxons . Theodore , a native of Tarsus , was made Archbishop of Canterbury , and even at Rome was famous for his ...
... England early in the lat- ter half of the same century , that we owe the establish- ment of learning among the Anglo - Saxons . Theodore , a native of Tarsus , was made Archbishop of Canterbury , and even at Rome was famous for his ...
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... England , as well as private col- lections , but also to send out of the country books in con- siderable numbers . Boniface , while moving about from place to place on the Continent , addresses frequent de- mands of this kind to his ...
... England , as well as private col- lections , but also to send out of the country books in con- siderable numbers . Boniface , while moving about from place to place on the Continent , addresses frequent de- mands of this kind to his ...
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... most frequented commercial towns in England , is a fair specimen of the beauties of this poet it possesses a certain degree of elegance and cor- rectness , for which we may look in vain among 46 [ Introd . ALCUIN'S POETRY .
... most frequented commercial towns in England , is a fair specimen of the beauties of this poet it possesses a certain degree of elegance and cor- rectness , for which we may look in vain among 46 [ Introd . ALCUIN'S POETRY .
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... England at an earlier period , " and how they came hither from abroad to seek wisdom and doctrine in this land , whereas we must now get it from without , if we will have it at all . " * He tells us that when he ascended the throne ...
... England at an earlier period , " and how they came hither from abroad to seek wisdom and doctrine in this land , whereas we must now get it from without , if we will have it at all . " * He tells us that when he ascended the throne ...
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