The book George Washington And Other American Addresses was written by author Harrison, Frederic, 1831-1923 Here you can read free online of George Washington And Other American Addresses book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is George Washington And Other American Addresses a good or bad book?
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But, as his object was essentially to educate, he adds full explanations of matters which Saxons would not easily follow, and his very elaborate additions on geography, the topography of the German peoples, the account of the Baltic and Scandinavia by the Norseman, Ohthere, have a freshness, a distinctness, and precision which pe- culiarly stamp the organising and eager grasp of a born explorer, who believed with the Prophet — " many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased." 1 Ba...eda's Ecclesiastical History. Text and modern English, by T. Miller (E. E, Text Society), 1 890-1 898. 2 Orosius. Text and Latin by H. Sweet (E. E. Text Society), and also by Thorpe, in Pauli's Life, translated. See Note i, p. 75. THE WRITINGS OF KING ALFRED 85 We come now to Alfred's BoelhiuSy far the most important work of his pen. It is almost an original treatise, so great are the variations, additions to, and omissions from the Latin text. Whole chapters are dropped by the translator, and page after page of new thoughts are inserted.
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