A Compendious History of English Literature and of the English Language, from the Norman Conquest, Volume 1 |
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... Original English ( commonly called Saxon , or Anglo - Saxon ) 32 THE NORMAN PERIOD - The Conquest 42 Arabic and other New Learning 47 Schools and Universities . 53 Rise of the Scholastic Philosophy 58 John of Salisbury ; Peter of Blois ...
... Original English ( commonly called Saxon , or Anglo - Saxon ) 32 THE NORMAN PERIOD - The Conquest 42 Arabic and other New Learning 47 Schools and Universities . 53 Rise of the Scholastic Philosophy 58 John of Salisbury ; Peter of Blois ...
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... Original 382 387 22 " " The same subject 388 Commencement of the Poem 388 " " 99 " 2 99 " " دو 23 · Part of Battle of Shortwoodshaw L'Envoy 389 390 Letter to his Wife 99 99 Sir T. More : -Duke Humphrey and the Blind Beggar Bishop Hugh ...
... Original 382 387 22 " " The same subject 388 Commencement of the Poem 388 " " 99 " 2 99 " " دو 23 · Part of Battle of Shortwoodshaw L'Envoy 389 390 Letter to his Wife 99 99 Sir T. More : -Duke Humphrey and the Blind Beggar Bishop Hugh ...
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... original authority for the earlier portion even of the civil history of the English nation . But Bede also wrote many other works , among which he has himself enumerated , in the brief account he gives of his life at the end of his ...
... original authority for the earlier portion even of the civil history of the English nation . But Bede also wrote many other works , among which he has himself enumerated , in the brief account he gives of his life at the end of his ...
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... original Latin and of Alfred's translation , folio , Cambridge , 1722 ; and this remained the standard edition till the appearance of that of Mr. Stevenson ( containing also the Minor Historical Works ) , under the auspices of the ...
... original Latin and of Alfred's translation , folio , Cambridge , 1722 ; and this remained the standard edition till the appearance of that of Mr. Stevenson ( containing also the Minor Historical Works ) , under the auspices of the ...
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... original . The Laws of Howel Dha , who reigned in South Wales in the early part of the tenth century , have been printed with a Latin translation , by Wotton , in his Leges Wallicæ , fol . 1730 ; and again in the late Record Commission ...
... original . The Laws of Howel Dha , who reigned in South Wales in the early part of the tenth century , have been printed with a Latin translation , by Wotton , in his Leges Wallicæ , fol . 1730 ; and again in the late Record Commission ...
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