Biographia Britannica Literaria: Anglo-Saxon periodJ.W. Parker, 1842 - Anglo-Norman literature |
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... observe the similarity of sentiment and expression which is often found recurring under similar circumstances . In the metrical life of Merlin , attributed to Geoffrey of Monmouth , the hero laments his friend and companion in arms in ...
... observe the similarity of sentiment and expression which is often found recurring under similar circumstances . In the metrical life of Merlin , attributed to Geoffrey of Monmouth , the hero laments his friend and companion in arms in ...
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... observations , in the tract here quoted , are extremely judicious . With regard to Homer , Bede quotes him for the quantity which he gene- rally gives to a short final syllable that falls at the beginning of a foot , and in a manner ...
... observations , in the tract here quoted , are extremely judicious . With regard to Homer , Bede quotes him for the quantity which he gene- rally gives to a short final syllable that falls at the beginning of a foot , and in a manner ...
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... observed by the continental writers , that the Christians from the fourth or fifth century down to the tenth and eleventh , wrote much purer Latin in their poetry , with all their faults , than Introd . ] 47 ANGLO - LATIN PROSE .
... observed by the continental writers , that the Christians from the fourth or fifth century down to the tenth and eleventh , wrote much purer Latin in their poetry , with all their faults , than Introd . ] 47 ANGLO - LATIN PROSE .
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... observation . In trans- .... * Libros Boethii . . . . planioribus verbis elucidavit . . . . . . illis diebus labore necessario , nostris ridiculo . Sed enim jussu regis factum est , ut levius ab eodem in Anglicum transferretur sermonem ...
... observation . In trans- .... * Libros Boethii . . . . planioribus verbis elucidavit . . . . . . illis diebus labore necessario , nostris ridiculo . Sed enim jussu regis factum est , ut levius ab eodem in Anglicum transferretur sermonem ...
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... a complete edition is much to be desired . They have been used to great advantage in the invaluable Bampton Lectures by Mr. Soames , with their own observations , it was with a diffidence 64 [ Introd . ANGLO - SAXON SCIENCE .
... a complete edition is much to be desired . They have been used to great advantage in the invaluable Bampton Lectures by Mr. Soames , with their own observations , it was with a diffidence 64 [ Introd . ANGLO - SAXON SCIENCE .
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