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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... labor with increasing zeal in that holy cause to which he had devoted himself in his earlier years . His inveterate enemies , the papal clergy , betrayed an indecent joy at his death , and the Council of Constance , 2 thirty years after ...
... labor with increasing zeal in that holy cause to which he had devoted himself in his earlier years . His inveterate enemies , the papal clergy , betrayed an indecent joy at his death , and the Council of Constance , 2 thirty years after ...
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... labor , which he completed in 1380 , he received abuse without measure from the priests . The following is but a mild specimen of papal rage . It is from one Henry Knyghton , a contemporary priest . " This master John Wiclif translated ...
... labor , which he completed in 1380 , he received abuse without measure from the priests . The following is but a mild specimen of papal rage . It is from one Henry Knyghton , a contemporary priest . " This master John Wiclif translated ...
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... that of FATHER OF LETTER - FOUNDING ; and to JOHN FAUST that of ENERGETIC PATRON , by whose pecuniary aid the wonderful discovery was brought rapidly to perfection . expense of time and labor , and with an industry 42 [ HENRY VII . CAXTON .
... that of FATHER OF LETTER - FOUNDING ; and to JOHN FAUST that of ENERGETIC PATRON , by whose pecuniary aid the wonderful discovery was brought rapidly to perfection . expense of time and labor , and with an industry 42 [ HENRY VII . CAXTON .
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Charles Dexter CLEVELAND. expense of time and labor , and with an industry to which all obstacles will ever give way , made himself complete master of it , as then known . He first employed himself in translating from French into English ...
Charles Dexter CLEVELAND. expense of time and labor , and with an industry to which all obstacles will ever give way , made himself complete master of it , as then known . He first employed himself in translating from French into English ...
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... labor the ground , breed cattle , hew wood , and convey it to the towns . They also raise a great deal of poultry , and that " by a marvellous policy : for the hens do not sit upon the eggs ; but by keep- ing them in a certain equal ...
... labor the ground , breed cattle , hew wood , and convey it to the towns . They also raise a great deal of poultry , and that " by a marvellous policy : for the hens do not sit upon the eggs ; but by keep- ing them in a certain equal ...
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