Biographia Britannica Literaria: Anglo-Saxon periodJ.W. Parker, 1842 - Anglo-Norman literature |
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... supposed foster - father , the other from a Saxon or northern hero , whose legend appears at present to be lost , although it was still pre- served little more than two centuries ago . Thus , too , the legend of Weland was located in ...
... supposed foster - father , the other from a Saxon or northern hero , whose legend appears at present to be lost , although it was still pre- served little more than two centuries ago . Thus , too , the legend of Weland was located in ...
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... supposed tardiness to his parents ' negligence . † glossed as late as the begining of the eleventh , and even in the twelfth cen- tury , as in the instance of a superb manuscript in the Library of Trinity College , Cambridge , R. 17 , 1 ...
... supposed tardiness to his parents ' negligence . † glossed as late as the begining of the eleventh , and even in the twelfth cen- tury , as in the instance of a superb manuscript in the Library of Trinity College , Cambridge , R. 17 , 1 ...
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... supposed to have been compiled and written by Plegmund archbishop of Canterbury , one of Alfred's learned men . From that period the narrative of contemporary events was continued from time to time in the Anglo - Saxon tongue by ...
... supposed to have been compiled and written by Plegmund archbishop of Canterbury , one of Alfred's learned men . From that period the narrative of contemporary events was continued from time to time in the Anglo - Saxon tongue by ...
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... are written in manuscripts of the thirteenth century . The book on the abacus is supposed to have been the magical book ( grimoire ) of the story . his scholar had fled , and pursued him closely ; 66 [ Introd . POPE GERBERT .
... are written in manuscripts of the thirteenth century . The book on the abacus is supposed to have been the magical book ( grimoire ) of the story . his scholar had fled , and pursued him closely ; 66 [ Introd . POPE GERBERT .
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... supposed power of the magician and conjurer was frequently designated by the same appella- tion of " grammarye . " * 7. It is singular enough , that most of the ways of giving a popular form to elementary instruction , which have been ...
... supposed power of the magician and conjurer was frequently designated by the same appella- tion of " grammarye . " * 7. It is singular enough , that most of the ways of giving a popular form to elementary instruction , which have been ...
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