Sketches of the History of Literature and Learning in England ...: With Specimens of the Principal Writers, Volumes 1-2C. Knight & Company, 1844 |
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... OF THE PRINCIPAL WRITERS . • illie BY GEO . L. CRAIK , M. A. IN TWO VOLUMES . - VOL . I. LONDON : CHARLES KNIGHT & CO . , LUDGATE STREET . 1844 . LONDON : Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES and SONS , Stamford SKETCHES OF THE HISTORY CONTENTS BOOK.
... OF THE PRINCIPAL WRITERS . • illie BY GEO . L. CRAIK , M. A. IN TWO VOLUMES . - VOL . I. LONDON : CHARLES KNIGHT & CO . , LUDGATE STREET . 1844 . LONDON : Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES and SONS , Stamford SKETCHES OF THE HISTORY CONTENTS BOOK.
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... printed . The first edition of the Ecclesiastical History appeared at Esling , in Germany , in 1474 ; and there are three con- tinental editions of the entire works of Bede , each in eight volumes folio , the latest of which was ...
... printed . The first edition of the Ecclesiastical History appeared at Esling , in Germany , in 1474 ; and there are three con- tinental editions of the entire works of Bede , each in eight volumes folio , the latest of which was ...
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... printed in the collections entitled Bibliothecæ Patrum . We may here also mention another contemporary of Bede's- Eddius , surnamed Stephanus , the author of a Latin life of Bishop Wilfrid . Bede mentions him as the first person who ...
... printed in the collections entitled Bibliothecæ Patrum . We may here also mention another contemporary of Bede's- Eddius , surnamed Stephanus , the author of a Latin life of Bishop Wilfrid . Bede mentions him as the first person who ...
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... printed , and from the treasures of whose library its contents were principally derived . Tiger- nach , the oldest of these Irish annalists whose works we have in the original form , lived in the latter part of the eleventh century ...
... printed , and from the treasures of whose library its contents were principally derived . Tiger- nach , the oldest of these Irish annalists whose works we have in the original form , lived in the latter part of the eleventh century ...
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... printed along with these in the first volume of the ' Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales , ' 3 vols . 8vo . Lond . 1801. Much of this early Welsh poetry is in a strangely mystical style , and its general spirit is evidently much more ...
... printed along with these in the first volume of the ' Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales , ' 3 vols . 8vo . Lond . 1801. Much of this early Welsh poetry is in a strangely mystical style , and its general spirit is evidently much more ...
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Sketches of the History of Literature and Learning in England ..., Volume 1 George Lillie Craik Visualização integral - 1844 |
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Abbot afterwards ancient Anglo-Saxon appears Archbishop Bede Bishop cæsura called Canterbury Canterbury Tales Chaucer Chronicle church collection composition Conquest early edition Edward Edward III England entitled Essais fourteenth century France French French language Geoffrey Geoffrey of Monmouth Greek hath Henry Henry II Hist historian History Hoveden John John of Salisbury king language Latin latter learned lines literature Lond Lord manuscript Matthew Paris monastery monk native Norman Nott Ordericus Vitalis original Oxford Paris passage Piers Ploughman Ploughman poem poet poetical poetry printed probably prose published quod reign remarkable rhyme Richard Ritson Robert Robert of Gloucester Roger Bacon Saint Saxon says schools Scotish Scotland Scriptores song supposed syllables Tale thing thirteenth century thou tion tongue translation Trouvère twelfth century Tyrwhitt University University of Paris verse versification vols volume Warton whan William words writer written
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