"Rask" Quotes from Famous Books
... erelong to give an account, brings to the story of English verse far more extensive research than had hitherto been bestowed upon it; and that special scholarship which was needed—the Anglo-Saxon language, learned in the new continental school of Rask and Grimm. His examination of our subject merges in a general history of the Language, viewed as a metrical element or material; and hence his exposition, which we rapidly collect seriatim, is plainly different ... — Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 356, June, 1845 • Various |