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4429. LANGUAGE (Anglo-Saxon), Study of.—[continued].

[The cultivation of the
Anglo-Saxon] is a hobby which too often runs
away with me where I meant not to give up
the rein. Our youth seem disposed to mount
it with me, and to begin their course where
mine is ending.—
To J. Evelyn Denison. Washington ed. vii, 418.
(M. 1825)