A Compendious History of English Literature and of the English Language, from the Norman Conquest, Volume 1 |
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... says , to the meditation of the Scriptures , the observance of regular discipline , and the daily practice of singing in the church . " It was always sweet to me , " he adds , " to learn , to teach , and to write . " In his nineteenth ...
... says , to the meditation of the Scriptures , the observance of regular discipline , and the daily practice of singing in the church . " It was always sweet to me , " he adds , " to learn , to teach , and to write . " In his nineteenth ...
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... says the account , " he was very learned in our songs ; and , putting his thoughts into English verse , he spoke it with compunction . " 99 Beside King Alfred's version in the earlier form of the lan- guage , there are translations of ...
... says the account , " he was very learned in our songs ; and , putting his thoughts into English verse , he spoke it with compunction . " 99 Beside King Alfred's version in the earlier form of the lan- guage , there are translations of ...
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... says he had learnt from his infancy . He also details a curious conversation on the elements of things , on the motions of the heavenly bodies , and other topics of astronomy and physiology . Among these he even gives the means of ...
... says he had learnt from his infancy . He also details a curious conversation on the elements of things , on the motions of the heavenly bodies , and other topics of astronomy and physiology . Among these he even gives the means of ...
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... says that writer , " who were called Scots in this [ the eighth ] century , were lovers of learning , and distinguished themselves in these times of ignorance by the culture of the sciences beyond all the other European nations ...
... says that writer , " who were called Scots in this [ the eighth ] century , were lovers of learning , and distinguished themselves in these times of ignorance by the culture of the sciences beyond all the other European nations ...
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... says in the Preface to his translation of the Pastorale , " that of those good wise men who were formerly in our nation , and who had all learned fully these books , none would translate any part into their own language ; but I soon ...
... says in the Preface to his translation of the Pastorale , " that of those good wise men who were formerly in our nation , and who had all learned fully these books , none would translate any part into their own language ; but I soon ...
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