A manual of English literatureLongman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, 1877 - 423 страница |
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... mention of the name of the Angli by Tacitus , 2 the earliest existing notices of the country , government , and political rela- tions of our Angle progenitors . When the Gleeman has to speak of ' Ongle , ' the land of the ' Engle , ' he ...
... mention of the name of the Angli by Tacitus , 2 the earliest existing notices of the country , government , and political rela- tions of our Angle progenitors . When the Gleeman has to speak of ' Ongle , ' the land of the ' Engle , ' he ...
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... mentioned several times in Beowulf , of Hygelac king of the Geatas to Friesland , where he was slain by the Franks ... mentioning Hygelac's raid , adds ( 1. 2921 ) , ' To us never after that was granted the favour of the Merovingians ...
... mentioned several times in Beowulf , of Hygelac king of the Geatas to Friesland , where he was slain by the Franks ... mentioning Hygelac's raid , adds ( 1. 2921 ) , ' To us never after that was granted the favour of the Merovingians ...
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... mentioned as the place of refuge for a Danish fleet defeated on the eastern coast . Florence of Worcester , and later writers copying from him , do indeed locate the battle on or near the Humber , but the earlier authorities , the ...
... mentioned as the place of refuge for a Danish fleet defeated on the eastern coast . Florence of Worcester , and later writers copying from him , do indeed locate the battle on or near the Humber , but the earlier authorities , the ...
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... mentioned that Willam of Malmesbury , and his con- temporary , Henry of Huntingdon , took as their literary model the Venerable Bede , the father of modern history in the West : thas Richard the Canon records with natural complacency ...
... mentioned that Willam of Malmesbury , and his con- temporary , Henry of Huntingdon , took as their literary model the Venerable Bede , the father of modern history in the West : thas Richard the Canon records with natural complacency ...
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... mention . Robert Grossetête , Bishop of Lincoln , was long a teacher at Oxford , afterwards chancellor , and finally ... mentioned by him in terms of high admiration in the Opus Majus . The num- ber of students who flocked to Oxford in ...
... mention . Robert Grossetête , Bishop of Lincoln , was long a teacher at Oxford , afterwards chancellor , and finally ... mentioned by him in terms of high admiration in the Opus Majus . The num- ber of students who flocked to Oxford in ...
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