The History of English Literature: With an Outline of the Origin and Growth of the English LanguageD.Appleton & Company, 1862 - 413 páginas |
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... Learned Men - Supe- riority of Ireland - Intercourse with the Continent - The Anglo - Saxons in Rome . -6 The Four Great Names of the Times - Alcuin and Erigena - Bede and Alfred - Latin Learning among the Anglo - Saxons . Page 29 ...
... Learned Men - Supe- riority of Ireland - Intercourse with the Continent - The Anglo - Saxons in Rome . -6 The Four Great Names of the Times - Alcuin and Erigena - Bede and Alfred - Latin Learning among the Anglo - Saxons . Page 29 ...
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... learned much from the subdued Britons , not a little from the continent , and yet more from their own practical good sense , guided wisely by several kings and churchmen . The pagans ac- cepted the Christian faith : the piratical sea ...
... learned much from the subdued Britons , not a little from the continent , and yet more from their own practical good sense , guided wisely by several kings and churchmen . The pagans ac- cepted the Christian faith : the piratical sea ...
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... learned with difficulty , and , with some signal exceptions , did not learn tho- roughly . In several departments of composition we encounter peculiarities for which it is not easy to account , till we recollect that the works were ...
... learned with difficulty , and , with some signal exceptions , did not learn tho- roughly . In several departments of composition we encounter peculiarities for which it is not easy to account , till we recollect that the works were ...
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... Learned Men - Supe- riority of Ireland - Intercourse with the Continent - The Anglo - Saxons in Rome . - 6 . The Four Great Names of the Times - Alcuin and Erigena - Bede and Alfred - Latin Learning among the Anglo - Saxons . 1. DURING ...
... Learned Men - Supe- riority of Ireland - Intercourse with the Continent - The Anglo - Saxons in Rome . - 6 . The Four Great Names of the Times - Alcuin and Erigena - Bede and Alfred - Latin Learning among the Anglo - Saxons . 1. DURING ...
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... learned layman of the Dark Ages , and as the only one who attained original views in speculative philosophy , was almost certainly a native of Ireland . But France was the principal scene of his labours ; and neither his invitation to ...
... learned layman of the Dark Ages , and as the only one who attained original views in speculative philosophy , was almost certainly a native of Ireland . But France was the principal scene of his labours ; and neither his invitation to ...
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