The Appearance of Bede.
THE LINEAGE OF THE ANGLO-SAXON.
The true origin of English literature is Saxon.

Anglo-Saxon is the mother tongue of the English language, or, to state its genealogy more distinctly, and to show its family relations at a glance, take the following divisions and subdivisions of the TEUTONIC CLASS.
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| | | High German branch.

Low German branch.

Scandinavian branch.
| Dead | Languages.
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| | | | | Gothic.

Old Dutch.