Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature, Volume 1J.B. Lippincott Company, 1902 - American literature |
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... learning of Ireland , had set up his church and dwelling . Oswald , King of Northumbria , who had been educated at Iona , summoned the Celtic monks to convert his country in 634 ; and Oswiu , also trained at Iona , extended the Irish ...
... learning of Ireland , had set up his church and dwelling . Oswald , King of Northumbria , who had been educated at Iona , summoned the Celtic monks to convert his country in 634 ; and Oswiu , also trained at Iona , extended the Irish ...
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... learning from the Humber to the Forth , the poetry of Northumbria passed away . We may say that the farewell of Cynewulf in the Dream of the Rood was the dirge of Northumbrian song . At the Judgment - Day . Deep creation thunders , and ...
... learning from the Humber to the Forth , the poetry of Northumbria passed away . We may say that the farewell of Cynewulf in the Dream of the Rood was the dirge of Northumbrian song . At the Judgment - Day . Deep creation thunders , and ...
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... learning in England and Europe , were all West Saxons . But King of Wessex , and he made some English songs ; but his chief work was in Latin , and it was the Latin of a scholar who knew the Roman classics . He wrote Latin verse with ...
... learning in England and Europe , were all West Saxons . But King of Wessex , and he made some English songs ; but his chief work was in Latin , and it was the Latin of a scholar who knew the Roman classics . He wrote Latin verse with ...
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... learning ; and Ecgwin , Bishop of Worcester , is said to be our first autobiographer . The Life of St Guthlac , written by Felix of Crowland for an East Anglian king , in outpuffing Latin , is the only work we know of . But Æthelbald ...
... learning ; and Ecgwin , Bishop of Worcester , is said to be our first autobiographer . The Life of St Guthlac , written by Felix of Crowland for an East Anglian king , in outpuffing Latin , is the only work we know of . But Æthelbald ...
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... learning at Bæda's death was trans- ferred from Jarrow to York , where Ecgberht , Bæda's pupil , became an archbishop . The school he established at York may almost be termed a university . The education given was in all the branches of ...
... learning at Bæda's death was trans- ferred from Jarrow to York , where Ecgberht , Bæda's pupil , became an archbishop . The school he established at York may almost be termed a university . The education given was in all the branches of ...
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