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Page 266
... edition remains the great resource for the student of Alfred , although there are various editions of the several works , both in Alfred's Anglo - Saxon text and in modern English translation . We have in the two volumes of Alfred's ...
... edition remains the great resource for the student of Alfred , although there are various editions of the several works , both in Alfred's Anglo - Saxon text and in modern English translation . We have in the two volumes of Alfred's ...
Page 267
... edition , which Alfred translated into Anglo - Saxon . The translation into modern English is by Joseph Bosworth , and the notes are his . Perhaps the most careful and thorough of the biographies of Alfred is that by the German Pauli ...
... edition , which Alfred translated into Anglo - Saxon . The translation into modern English is by Joseph Bosworth , and the notes are his . Perhaps the most careful and thorough of the biographies of Alfred is that by the German Pauli ...
Page 268
... edition of Alfred's works , also in a recent volume by Conybeare , and partially elsewhere . Alfred was the deliverer of Saxon England from the Danes . The long story of his humiliations and defeats is like the story of Washington's ...
... edition of Alfred's works , also in a recent volume by Conybeare , and partially elsewhere . Alfred was the deliverer of Saxon England from the Danes . The long story of his humiliations and defeats is like the story of Washington's ...
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... edition of his metrical pieces for the sole benefit of his widow , a Toronto publisher ( Morang ) has undertaken to bring out a new edition , so that the numer- ous American admirers of the lamented poet may possess themselves of the ...
... edition of his metrical pieces for the sole benefit of his widow , a Toronto publisher ( Morang ) has undertaken to bring out a new edition , so that the numer- ous American admirers of the lamented poet may possess themselves of the ...
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... , and that ARTEDI would thereby be placed in a position to carry out the ar- dently cherished wish of getting his doctorship before leaving Holland . 1 Born 1665. Died 1736 . LINNEUS was busy at that time preparing the first edition 18.
... , and that ARTEDI would thereby be placed in a position to carry out the ar- dently cherished wish of getting his doctorship before leaving Holland . 1 Born 1665. Died 1736 . LINNEUS was busy at that time preparing the first edition 18.
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