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Œuvres de George Hickes
Institutiones grammaticæ anglo-saxonicæ, et mœsogothicæ / Auctore Georgio Hickesio. Grammatica islandica Runolphi… 3 exemplaires
A chorus of Grammars : the correspondence of George Hickes and his collaborators on the Thesaurus linguarum… (1992) 2 exemplaires
Two treatises on the Christian priesthood and on the dignity of the episcopal order : with a prefatory discourse in… 1 exemplaire
A discourse to prove that the strongest temptations are conquerable by Christians (2012) 1 exemplaire
Memoirs of the life of Mr. John Kettlewell, ... Wherein is contained some account of the transactions of his time.… 1 exemplaire
A vindication of some among our selves against the false principles of Dr. Sherlock in a letter to the doctor,… 1 exemplaire
The spirit of enthusiasm exorcised in a sermon preached before the University of Oxford, on Act-Sunday, July 11, 1680 1 exemplaire
An apology for the new separation in a letter to Dr. John Sharpe, Archbishop of York, occasioned by his… 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Anthology of Romanticism Volume Two: Selections From The Pre-Romantic Movement — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1642-06-20
- Date de décès
- 1715-12-15
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- England
- Lieu de naissance
- Newsham, Yorkshire, UK
Membres
Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 18
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 25
- Popularité
- #508,561
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 2
"Dr. Hickes ... has been the great restorer of the Anglo-Saxon dialect from the oblivion into which it was fast falling. His labors in it were great, and his learning not less than his labors. His Grammar may be said to be the only one we yet possess ... some others have been written, taken also, almost entirely from Hickes ... and had Dr. Hickes, instead of keeping his eye fixed on the Greek and Latin languages, as his standard, viewed the Anglo-Saxon in its conformity to the English only, he would have greatly enlarged the advantages for which we are already so much indebted to him. His labors however, have advanced us so far on the right road, and a correct pursuit of it, will be a just homage to him. "—From TJ's "Essay on the Anglo-Saxon Language" in An Essay Towards Facilitating Instruction in the Anglo-Saxon and Modern Dialects of the English Language for the Use of the University of Virginia under Section IV, Grammar.… (plus d'informations)