The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland: In Two Volumes, Volume 1Harper, 1851 - 576 pages |
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... afterward placed , and the speech which he utters , are full of that solemn and awful sublimity , which is so peculiarly suited to the subject . Dim , and in tears he stood , and he outstretched his pale hand over the hero . Faintly he ...
... afterward placed , and the speech which he utters , are full of that solemn and awful sublimity , which is so peculiarly suited to the subject . Dim , and in tears he stood , and he outstretched his pale hand over the hero . Faintly he ...
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... afterward , the earth for men , the Almighty master . Cadmon then awoke ; and he was not only able to repeat the lines which he had made in his sleep , but he continued them in a strain of admirable versification . In the morning , he ...
... afterward , the earth for men , the Almighty master . Cadmon then awoke ; and he was not only able to repeat the lines which he had made in his sleep , but he continued them in a strain of admirable versification . In the morning , he ...
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In Two Volumes Abraham Mills. tomed to hear . He afterward yielded to the earnest solicitation of the ab- bess Hilda , and became a monk of her house ; and she ordered him to transfer into verse the whole of the sacred history . We are ...
In Two Volumes Abraham Mills. tomed to hear . He afterward yielded to the earnest solicitation of the ab- bess Hilda , and became a monk of her house ; and she ordered him to transfer into verse the whole of the sacred history . We are ...
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... afterward re- moved to Durham , where they were allowed in uninterrupted quiet to repose . The literary productions of Bede were very numerous , comprising no less than forty - four distinct works , among what were a translation of the ...
... afterward re- moved to Durham , where they were allowed in uninterrupted quiet to repose . The literary productions of Bede were very numerous , comprising no less than forty - four distinct works , among what were a translation of the ...
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... afterward rose to eminence in their own country . With some of these he there formed an intimacy which continued through life . Having obtained his doctor's degree at the University , Bacon returned to England , and soon after , in 1240 ...
... afterward rose to eminence in their own country . With some of these he there formed an intimacy which continued through life . Having obtained his doctor's degree at the University , Bacon returned to England , and soon after , in 1240 ...
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