The Life of Alfred the Great (Classic Reprint)
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Pauli, Reinhold) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from The Life of Alfred the Great As a fitting and, it is hoped, welcome accompaniment to the translation of my friend Dr. Pauli´s excellent Life of King Alfred, the Publisher has judiciously selected Orosius, the work of our great West-Saxon Monarch, which most loudly called for republication, not only on account of its scarcity and cost, but also because of the glaring inaccuracies, both in the text and translation, of the only existing edition. From the necessity of writing an introductory essay I am relieved by the ample and satisfactory account given of the work by Dr. Pauli; yet a few words may not be deemed superfluous. The reasons for ascribing the Anglo-Saxon version ol Orosius to Alfred, are, if not incontrovertible, at least of sufficient weight to justify us in concurring in the general belief. That such labours were not foreign to his studies, may be seen in the Preface to his version of Boethius: King Ælfred was the interpreter of this book (Boethius), and turned it from book-Latin into English. Though referring to another work, this passage, in combination with the Introduction of the Voyages of Ohthere and Wulfstan, seems strongly to favour Alfred´s claim. We have, besides, the positive, though later, testimony of William of Malmesbury, who, speaking of Alfred´s literary labours, says: plurimam partem Romanæ bibliothecæ Anglorum auribus dedit, opimam prædam peregrinarum mercium civium usibus convectans, cujus præcipui sunt Orosius, etc.; a very great part of Roman literature he gave to English ears, conveying a rich booty of foreign wares for the use of his country-men, the chief of which are Orosius, etc. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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