An Historical Sketch of the Progress of Knowledge in England: From the Conversion of the Anglo-Saxons, to the End of the Reign of ElisabethJ. and A. Arch, J. G. Barlace, 1819 - 358 страници |
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... learning , such as those periods afforded , was rather upon the advance in England ; this might be , in some measure , owing to the establishment of seminaries , in different parts of England , particularly those erected by Theo- dore ...
... learning , such as those periods afforded , was rather upon the advance in England ; this might be , in some measure , owing to the establishment of seminaries , in different parts of England , particularly those erected by Theo- dore ...
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... learning in the country were de- posited in monasteries , this was striking a fatal blow at the root of all improvements . Indeed , the latter part of the 8th century was the most dark and dismal part of that long night of ignorance ...
... learning in the country were de- posited in monasteries , this was striking a fatal blow at the root of all improvements . Indeed , the latter part of the 8th century was the most dark and dismal part of that long night of ignorance ...
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... learning met with a most munificent patron . In short , under him , knowledge attained a degree of perfection , greater than it had ever before experienced . But from the death of Alfred , or perhaps a short time after , learning ...
... learning met with a most munificent patron . In short , under him , knowledge attained a degree of perfection , greater than it had ever before experienced . But from the death of Alfred , or perhaps a short time after , learning ...
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... learning , among them . It has been already remarked that their ancient religion was , in its ceremonies , cruel and sanguinary ; gross , and irrational in its principles , and had a tendency to inspire them with a brutal contempt of ...
... learning , among them . It has been already remarked that their ancient religion was , in its ceremonies , cruel and sanguinary ; gross , and irrational in its principles , and had a tendency to inspire them with a brutal contempt of ...
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... learning , not only in England , but in foreign countries . He is acknowledged , on all hands , to have been the first , in England , who composed , in latin , both in prose and verse ; he was likewise no contemptible writer in the ...
... learning , not only in England , but in foreign countries . He is acknowledged , on all hands , to have been the first , in England , who composed , in latin , both in prose and verse ; he was likewise no contemptible writer in the ...
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