Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from An Inaugural Lecture on the Utility of Anglo-Saxon Literature
I. In the firf'c place, I will endeavour to thew, that the fiudy of anglo-saxon literature has never been neglected or vilified by men of learning, but, on the contrary, has been uniformly culti 'yated and promoted and that the importance of it has been al ways maintained to the prefent time by men of the firfi rank in the republic of letters, for their accurate tafie; found judgment, and profound erudition.
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