A Compendium of English Literature, chronologically arranged, from Sir John Mandeville to William Cowper ... Stereotype editionE. C. & J. Biddle, 1850 - 776 pages |
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... England have been during the present century , into which it was not my purpose to enter . Fifth . This edition will be found to be enriched also with many more specimens of epistolary correspondence - not only the most interesting por ...
... England have been during the present century , into which it was not my purpose to enter . Fifth . This edition will be found to be enriched also with many more specimens of epistolary correspondence - not only the most interesting por ...
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... England and London .. 266 Reform .... 266 ROBERT LEIGHTON .. 309 The Power of Truth . 267 Despise not the Least . 310 The Poet's Morning .. 268 The Beasts within us . ... 310 Symmons's Estimate of his Character 268 Sir Egerton Brydges's ...
... England and London .. 266 Reform .... 266 ROBERT LEIGHTON .. 309 The Power of Truth . 267 Despise not the Least . 310 The Poet's Morning .. 268 The Beasts within us . ... 310 Symmons's Estimate of his Character 268 Sir Egerton Brydges's ...
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... England in 1322 , and continued abroad for thirty - four years ; during which time his person and appearance had so changed , that , on his return , his friends , who had supposed him dead , did not know him . But so fixed was his habit ...
... England in 1322 , and continued abroad for thirty - four years ; during which time his person and appearance had so changed , that , on his return , his friends , who had supposed him dead , did not know him . But so fixed was his habit ...
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... England - in an age of great ignorance , and eager for the marvellous and the wonderful in relation to other lands so little known . That he has told many ridiculous stories is no doubt true ; but such he generally prefaces with " thei ...
... England - in an age of great ignorance , and eager for the marvellous and the wonderful in relation to other lands so little known . That he has told many ridiculous stories is no doubt true ; but such he generally prefaces with " thei ...
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... England , we are indebted for the most elegant poem that was produced during the early part of the fifteenth century- " The King's Quair , " by James I. of Scotland . This prince was the second son of Robert III . , and was born in 1395 ...
... England , we are indebted for the most elegant poem that was produced during the early part of the fifteenth century- " The King's Quair , " by James I. of Scotland . This prince was the second son of Robert III . , and was born in 1395 ...
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