sir israel gollancz lecture 1936 read 25 november 1936 in 1864 the reverend oswald cockayne wrote of the reverend doctor joseph bosworth , rawlinsonian professor of anglo-saxon : 'i have tried to lend to others the con-viction i have long entertained that dr. bosworth is not a man so diligent in his special walk as duly to read the books ... which have been printed in our old english , or so-called anglosaxon tongue .