Biographia Britannica Literaria: Anglo-Saxon periodJ.W. Parker, 1842 - Anglo-Norman literature |
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... in the order of the alphabet ; and the reader will , perhaps , find it convenient to be able to have recourse to biographical collections founded on both plans . 195 INTRODUCTORY ESSAY ON THE STATE OF LITERATURE AND LEARNING.
... in the order of the alphabet ; and the reader will , perhaps , find it convenient to be able to have recourse to biographical collections founded on both plans . 195 INTRODUCTORY ESSAY ON THE STATE OF LITERATURE AND LEARNING.
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... collect the deeds of the giants and warriors out of the fables of the Ancients , or from the accurate relation of others , for the edification of his hearers , and to write them in English in order to preserve them . " Leofric appears ...
... collect the deeds of the giants and warriors out of the fables of the Ancients , or from the accurate relation of others , for the edification of his hearers , and to write them in English in order to preserve them . " Leofric appears ...
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... collections of poems and fragments , written down probably at different times , and from the recitation of different persons . Of the poem of Judith ... collection which goes by the name of Cædmon , 24 [ Introd . TRANSMISSION OF THE POETRY .
... collections of poems and fragments , written down probably at different times , and from the recitation of different persons . Of the poem of Judith ... collection which goes by the name of Cædmon , 24 [ Introd . TRANSMISSION OF THE POETRY .
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Thomas Wright. The collection which goes by the name of Cædmon , and which is preserved in a manuscript in the Bod- leian Library at Oxford , is rather a series of pieces on scriptural subjects , perhaps not all by the same hand , than a ...
Thomas Wright. The collection which goes by the name of Cædmon , and which is preserved in a manuscript in the Bod- leian Library at Oxford , is rather a series of pieces on scriptural subjects , perhaps not all by the same hand , than a ...
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... collection of books , which had been amassed by him and his predecessors , afforded great facility to literary pursuits . Alcuin , who was one of his scholars , frequently dwells with pleasure , in his letters , on the memory of his ...
... collection of books , which had been amassed by him and his predecessors , afforded great facility to literary pursuits . Alcuin , who was one of his scholars , frequently dwells with pleasure , in his letters , on the memory of his ...
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