The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland: In Two Volumes, Volume 1Harper, 1851 - 576 pages |
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... present such views of the Litera- ture and Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland , as truth and justice seemed to require : aiming , throughout , to leave a correct impression of the moral influence which the life of each author ...
... present such views of the Litera- ture and Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland , as truth and justice seemed to require : aiming , throughout , to leave a correct impression of the moral influence which the life of each author ...
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... present province . BEDE , the next writer of this period , in the order of time , was born 672 , at Wearmouth , on a family estate , situated near the mouth of the Tyne . His precocious intellect induced his parents to send him in 679 ...
... present province . BEDE , the next writer of this period , in the order of time , was born 672 , at Wearmouth , on a family estate , situated near the mouth of the Tyne . His precocious intellect induced his parents to send him in 679 ...
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... present time . In the collecting of the materials for this work , Bede occupied many laborious years , drawing them from the lives of eminent saints , from the annals of convents , and from religious chronicles written before his own ...
... present time . In the collecting of the materials for this work , Bede occupied many laborious years , drawing them from the lives of eminent saints , from the annals of convents , and from religious chronicles written before his own ...
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... present English . The first literary productions that call for attention after the Conquest , are a class which may , in a great measure , be considered foreign both to the country and to its language . Before the Conqueror's invasion ...
... present English . The first literary productions that call for attention after the Conquest , are a class which may , in a great measure , be considered foreign both to the country and to its language . Before the Conqueror's invasion ...
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... presents some compositions of a different kind , the principal of which were written in Latin by learned ... present English may plainly be discov- ered . It does not , as already hinted , contain many Norman words , but its ...
... presents some compositions of a different kind , the principal of which were written in Latin by learned ... present English may plainly be discov- ered . It does not , as already hinted , contain many Norman words , but its ...
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