A Compendium of English Literature, Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John Mandeville William Cowper |
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... soon after I opened my School for Young Ladies in this city , I felt greatly the want of a book to give my first or finish- ing ' class a knowledge of the best British Poets and Prose writers , arranged in a chronological order , to ...
... soon after I opened my School for Young Ladies in this city , I felt greatly the want of a book to give my first or finish- ing ' class a knowledge of the best British Poets and Prose writers , arranged in a chronological order , to ...
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... soon distinguished himself , not only in the scholastic philosophy of the times , in which he surpassed all his contemporaries , but also in the study and interpretation of the Scriptures ; so that he acquired the title of Evangelical ...
... soon distinguished himself , not only in the scholastic philosophy of the times , in which he surpassed all his contemporaries , but also in the study and interpretation of the Scriptures ; so that he acquired the title of Evangelical ...
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... soon became the most popular personage in the brilliant court of that monarch . It was in this circle of royalty that he became attached to a lady whom he afterwards married , Philippa Pyknard . She was maid of honor to the queen ...
... soon became the most popular personage in the brilliant court of that monarch . It was in this circle of royalty that he became attached to a lady whom he afterwards married , Philippa Pyknard . She was maid of honor to the queen ...
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... soon in a whilé he Was flowen from the ground so high That all the world , as to mine eye , No more yseeméd than a prick , 3 Or ellés was the air so thick That I ne might it not discern.4 THE FLOWER AND THE LEAF . This has an ...
... soon in a whilé he Was flowen from the ground so high That all the world , as to mine eye , No more yseeméd than a prick , 3 Or ellés was the air so thick That I ne might it not discern.4 THE FLOWER AND THE LEAF . This has an ...
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... soon became a prodigy of erudition , and excelled in every branch of polite accomplishments . During fifteen years of his captivity , he seemed forgotten or at least neg- lected by his subjects . The admiration of strangers and the ...
... soon became a prodigy of erudition , and excelled in every branch of polite accomplishments . During fifteen years of his captivity , he seemed forgotten or at least neg- lected by his subjects . The admiration of strangers and the ...
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