A History of English Literature, in a Series of Biographical SketchesT. Nelson and Sons, 1871 - 549 pages |
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... England by Augustine and his monks . In the stern soldiering days of the Roman period , much Latin had been spoken and read , but little had been written within British bounds .. But the Anglo - Saxon monks.— THE VENERABLE BEDE . nay ...
... England by Augustine and his monks . In the stern soldiering days of the Roman period , much Latin had been spoken and read , but little had been written within British bounds .. But the Anglo - Saxon monks.— THE VENERABLE BEDE . nay ...
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... England ( 790-792 ) in the character of Imperial Envoy , Alcuin seems to have settled permanently in France . There his position was a proud one , for he was recognised as chief among the dis- tinguished group of wits and lettered men ...
... England ( 790-792 ) in the character of Imperial Envoy , Alcuin seems to have settled permanently in France . There his position was a proud one , for he was recognised as chief among the dis- tinguished group of wits and lettered men ...
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... England , such as had not before been suf- fered , although the Raven's beak had left many a deep and bloody gash upon the fair English shore . Frightened at such tales , he asked from the emperor a post , in which he might calmly pass ...
... England , such as had not before been suf- fered , although the Raven's beak had left many a deep and bloody gash upon the fair English shore . Frightened at such tales , he asked from the emperor a post , in which he might calmly pass ...
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... England . Saxon scholarship had been growing rustier every day since the great Alfred died ; and those Saxon prelates who held sees at the time of the Conquest were far behind the age as men of letters . William therefore displaced many ...
... England . Saxon scholarship had been growing rustier every day since the great Alfred died ; and those Saxon prelates who held sees at the time of the Conquest were far behind the age as men of letters . William therefore displaced many ...
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... England of the Norman Romance . With Chivalry , from which it was inseparable , and from whose stirring life it took all its colours , the Romance rose and fell . From the corrupted Latin a group of dialects arose , called the Roman or ...
... England of the Norman Romance . With Chivalry , from which it was inseparable , and from whose stirring life it took all its colours , the Romance rose and fell . From the corrupted Latin a group of dialects arose , called the Roman or ...
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