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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... give my first or " finish- ing ' class a knowledge of the best British Poets and Prose writers , arranged in a chronological order , to show the progress of the English language , with short accounts of the authors and of their works ...
... give my first or " finish- ing ' class a knowledge of the best British Poets and Prose writers , arranged in a chronological order , to show the progress of the English language , with short accounts of the authors and of their works ...
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... give a correct idea of it ; and there were some points in the author's life that deserved to be brought out , to do justice to his character . - MARLOW . The beautiful song , " The Passionate Shepherd to his Love , " is now printed as ...
... give a correct idea of it ; and there were some points in the author's life that deserved to be brought out , to do justice to his character . - MARLOW . The beautiful song , " The Passionate Shepherd to his Love , " is now printed as ...
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... give place . We must bear continually in mind that he wrote nearly five hundred years ago - one hundred years before printing was introduced into England - in an age of great ignorance , and eager for the marvellous and the wonderful in ...
... give place . We must bear continually in mind that he wrote nearly five hundred years ago - one hundred years before printing was introduced into England - in an age of great ignorance , and eager for the marvellous and the wonderful in ...
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... give the substance of it in prose , as near the author's language as we can , inter- spersing here and there a few lines of the original . There was , in days of old , as men tell , a worthy knight by the name of Florent ; nephew to the ...
... give the substance of it in prose , as near the author's language as we can , inter- spersing here and there a few lines of the original . There was , in days of old , as men tell , a worthy knight by the name of Florent ; nephew to the ...
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... give me your pledge That you will be my housébande . " " Nay , " said Florent- " that may not be . " " Ride thenné ... gives the answer the old woman directed : it is declared to be the true one , and he rides forth from the castle ...
... give me your pledge That you will be my housébande . " " Nay , " said Florent- " that may not be . " " Ride thenné ... gives the answer the old woman directed : it is declared to be the true one , and he rides forth from the castle ...
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