Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from Earliest to the Present Time : Connected by a Critical and Biographical HistoryRobert Chambers Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1850 - English literature |
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... Learning and Wisdom , To Dr Francis Mansell , 255 Oracles , To Sir William St John , Knight , 256 Dreams and Prophecies , To Captain Thomas B. , 257 Sermons , To the Right Hon . the Lord Cliffe , 258 Libels , Tales of Travellers , 260 ...
... Learning and Wisdom , To Dr Francis Mansell , 255 Oracles , To Sir William St John , Knight , 256 Dreams and Prophecies , To Captain Thomas B. , 257 Sermons , To the Right Hon . the Lord Cliffe , 258 Libels , Tales of Travellers , 260 ...
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... Learning , LORD BOLINGBROKE , . • 642 Prejudices and Opinions , · 658 642 From Maxims Concerning Patriotism , 659 646 646 National Partiality and Prejudice , Absurdity of Useless Learning , Human Life , HISTORICAL , CRITICAL , AND ...
... Learning , LORD BOLINGBROKE , . • 642 Prejudices and Opinions , · 658 642 From Maxims Concerning Patriotism , 659 646 646 National Partiality and Prejudice , Absurdity of Useless Learning , Human Life , HISTORICAL , CRITICAL , AND ...
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... learning de- scended into the upper classes of lay society . This * It is now believed that the British language was not so immediately or entirely extinguished by the Saxons as was generally stated by our historians down to the last ...
... learning de- scended into the upper classes of lay society . This * It is now believed that the British language was not so immediately or entirely extinguished by the Saxons as was generally stated by our historians down to the last ...
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... learning and authorship graced the royal state , without in- terfering with its proper duties . He translated the historical works of Orosius and Bede , and some reli- gious and moral treatises , perhaps also Esop's Fables and the ...
... learning and authorship graced the royal state , without in- terfering with its proper duties . He translated the historical works of Orosius and Bede , and some reli- gious and moral treatises , perhaps also Esop's Fables and the ...
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... learning , the clerk's coat was thread - 1835 ) , in which the best pieces are given , with only bare , and his horse was lean as is a rake . ' Among the other dramatis personæ are , a doctor of physic , a great astronomer and student ...
... learning , the clerk's coat was thread - 1835 ) , in which the best pieces are given , with only bare , and his horse was lean as is a rake . ' Among the other dramatis personæ are , a doctor of physic , a great astronomer and student ...
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