The history of the Anglo-Saxons, 2. köideBaudry, 1840 |
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... Alfred's Intellectual Character . • State of the Anglo - Saxon mind . Illiteracy of the clergy . Alfred's self - education . His subsequent instructors . His invitation of Asser . And of Grimbald . • His attainment of the Latin language ...
... Alfred's Intellectual Character . • State of the Anglo - Saxon mind . Illiteracy of the clergy . Alfred's self - education . His subsequent instructors . His invitation of Asser . And of Grimbald . • His attainment of the Latin language ...
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... Alfred's Geographical , Historical , Astronomical , Botanical , and other Knowledge . His translation of Orosius . . His geographical knowledge . Alfred's Notitia of Germany . Ohthere's voyage . Wulfstan's voyage . Alfred's historical ...
... Alfred's Geographical , Historical , Astronomical , Botanical , and other Knowledge . His translation of Orosius . . His geographical knowledge . Alfred's Notitia of Germany . Ohthere's voyage . Wulfstan's voyage . Alfred's historical ...
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... Alfred's reign . 320 CHAPTER II . Personal injuries . 321 CHAPTER III . Theft and robbery .. 322 • CHAPTER IV . Adultery . • · • 323 · CHAPTER V. On the were and mund .. 325 CHAPTER VI . Their borh or sureties . 326 CHAPTER VII . Their ...
... Alfred's reign . 320 CHAPTER II . Personal injuries . 321 CHAPTER III . Theft and robbery .. 322 • CHAPTER IV . Adultery . • · • 323 · CHAPTER V. On the were and mund .. 325 CHAPTER VI . Their borh or sureties . 326 CHAPTER VII . Their ...
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... Alfred's intellectual Character . -State of the Anglo - Saxon Mind . Clergy.- Alfred's Self - education . His subsequent Instructors . Asser and of Grimbald . His attainment of the Latin Language . Gregory's Pastorals . - Illiteracy of ...
... Alfred's intellectual Character . -State of the Anglo - Saxon Mind . Clergy.- Alfred's Self - education . His subsequent Instructors . Asser and of Grimbald . His attainment of the Latin Language . Gregory's Pastorals . - Illiteracy of ...
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... Alfred's birth , Saxon poems had been written ; and in the court of his father and brothers , there were men who were fond of repeating them . Wherever they were recited , either by day or night , Alfred is recorded to have been ...
... Alfred's birth , Saxon poems had been written ; and in the court of his father and brothers , there were men who were fond of repeating them . Wherever they were recited , either by day or night , Alfred is recorded to have been ...
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Page 271 - Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more; for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope; and even of Dryden it must be said, that if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems.
Page 269 - And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth. And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive? And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive.
Page 270 - When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, and said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see.
Page 269 - tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them ? To die: to sleep; No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: ay there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil...
Page 270 - THESE, as they change, Almighty Father, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of Thee. Forth in the pleasing Spring Thy beauty walks, Thy tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart is joy.
Page 270 - Every man being conscious to himself that he thinks; and that which his mind is applied about whilst thinking being the IDEAS that are there, it is past doubt that men have in their minds several ideas, — such as are those expressed by the words whiteness, hardness, sweetness, thinking, motion, man, elephant, army, drunkenness, and others: it is in the first place then to be inquired, HOW HE COMES BY THEM?
Page 269 - And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.
Page 271 - In the second century of the Christian Era, the empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilized portion of mankind.
Page 271 - Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden.
Page 269 - When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew ; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild...