A Lecture on the Study of Anglo-Saxon

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A Lecture On The Study Of Anglo-Saxon - By R. H.Charles - 1822 - AS you did me the honour of requesting that I would print the following Lecture. I have in consequence submitted it to the press, although, I fear, it contains little which will merit your attention, that of the University, or the publie. The composition of a detached Lecture must necessarily accommodate itself to the portion of time allotted to its recital under these circumstances, it was not possible to enter minutely into the details of a subject so extensive and so arduous, as that un which the Lecture treats. .I endeavoured in the course of the long vacation to remedy the defect, but I found that the work, if I should allow myself to enter into it as I could wish, tvould increase to a size which must completely prevent any immediate publication. I have therefore left the discussions nearly as they were originally written. Should the observations which I have made respecting the nature and effect of the Examinations, the abolition of residence for the , Masters degree, and the non-attendance of the public Lectures consequent on these measures, induce any Members of Convocation, who have more power and ability than myself, to turn their attention earnestly to this subject, I shall think that the publication.........