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Pagina 11
Literary culture has been transplanted from the old into the midst of the young
and rising peoples of the world , and hence it has come to pass that among the
nations which have sprung into existence since Christianity , a better record of
their ...
Literary culture has been transplanted from the old into the midst of the young
and rising peoples of the world , and hence it has come to pass that among the
nations which have sprung into existence since Christianity , a better record of
their ...
Pagina 12
Thus the rude tribes of the distant islands have now , by means of the
missionaries , the best books of the world translated into their own tongues ; and
this at a stage of existence in which they could not produce a written record .
Thus it was ...
Thus the rude tribes of the distant islands have now , by means of the
missionaries , the best books of the world translated into their own tongues ; and
this at a stage of existence in which they could not produce a written record .
Thus it was ...
Pagina 13
... as yet , have come into existence . In the subjoined Lord's Prayer the English is
a little distorted in order to act as a guide to the Gothic words :THE LORD'S
PRAYER . From the Gothic VERSION of ULPHILAS ; OF THE ENGLISH
LANGUAGE .
... as yet , have come into existence . In the subjoined Lord's Prayer the English is
a little distorted in order to act as a guide to the Gothic words :THE LORD'S
PRAYER . From the Gothic VERSION of ULPHILAS ; OF THE ENGLISH
LANGUAGE .
Pagina 22
But then this word did not come into our language ( probably ) till the twelfth
century . Yet it may have had an obscure existence among us in Saxon times .
Bard is unquestionably British , and so is glen . But then these made their entry
later ...
But then this word did not come into our language ( probably ) till the twelfth
century . Yet it may have had an obscure existence among us in Saxon times .
Bard is unquestionably British , and so is glen . But then these made their entry
later ...
Pagina 25
Of the existence of such a native literature there is no room for doubt . Będa tells
us of such ; and he himself was occupied on a translation when he died . Thus
the obscure name of Angle emerged into celebrity , and being accepted first for ...
Of the existence of such a native literature there is no room for doubt . Będa tells
us of such ; and he himself was occupied on a translation when he died . Thus
the obscure name of Angle emerged into celebrity , and being accepted first for ...
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