| William Fordyce Mavor - 1804 - 412 trang
...prince. The ravages of the Danes had sunk England in such barbarism, that Alfred, on his accession, knew not one person south of the Thames, who could so much as interpret the Latin service ; and very few even in the northern parts who had reached that pitch of erudition. To supply this defect,... | |
| 1808 - 540 trang
...libraries burned ; and thus the only seats of erudition in those ages were totally subverted. ALFRED himself complains, that on his accession he knew not...Thames, who could so much as interpret the Latin service ; and very few in the northern parts, who had even reached that pitch of erudition. But this Prince... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 396 trang
...barbarous habits of the people. When he came to the throne, he found the English sunk into the grossest ignorance and barbarism, proceeding from the continued...complains, that, on his accession, he knew not one person C south of the Thames who could so much as interpret the Latin service. Ta remedy this deficiency,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 400 trang
...barbarous hahits of the people. When he came to the throne, he found the English sunk'into the grossest ignorance and barbarism, proceeding from the continued...government, and from the ravages of the Danes. He himself complain*, that, on hi* accession, lie knew not one person south of the Thames who could so much as... | |
| 1816 - 758 trang
...him.' " Alfred (see 1 Hume, 76, edition of 1782), complained that on his accession he knew not oue person south of the Thames who could so much as interpret the Latin service ; but in the ' Encomium Emmie,' which seems to have been written about the year 1040, there are, as... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 398 trang
...learning did not a little tend to improve the morals and restrain the barbarous habits of the people. He himself complains, that on his accession he knew...over the most celebrated scholars from all parts of JKurope : he founded, or at least re-established the university of Oxford, and endowed it with many... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1824 - 340 trang
...barbarous habits of the people. 27. When he came to the throne, he found the English sunk ia the grossest ignorance and barbarism, proceeding from the Continued...the government, and from the ravages of the Danes. 28. He himself complains, that on his accession he knew not one person south of the Thames who could... | |
| David Hume, John Robinson - 1824 - 568 trang
...English sunk into the grossest ignorance. Alfred himself complains, that on his accession he did not know one person south of the Thames, who could so much as interpret the Latin service ; and very few even in the northern parts who had reached that pitch of erudition. To supply this defect,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 780 trang
...people. When he came to the throne, he found the English sunk into the grossest ignorance and harharism, proceeding from the continued disorders of the government,...much as interpret the Latin service. To remedy this defieiency, he invited over the most celehrated scholars from all parts of Europe ; he founded, or... | |
| David Hume, Tobias Smollett - 1825 - 480 trang
...libraries burnt; and thus the only seats of erudition in those ages were totally subverted. Alfred himself complains, that on his accession he knew not...Thames, who could so much as interpret the Latin service ; and very few in the northern parts, who had even reached that pitch of erudition. But this prince... | |
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