A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John Mandeville to William Cowper. Consisting of Biographical Sketches of the Authors, Choice Selections from Their Works, with Notes, Explanatory and Illustrative, and Directing to the Best Editions and to Various Criticisms... |
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... Death not Desirable , 101 102 JOHN HEYWOOD , The Drama , 63 Miracle Plays , Moral Plays , 63 Interludes , From the Four P's , ROGER ASCHAM , 66 From the " " Toxophilus , " 66 66 " School Master , " 3888 ** 858 63 UNCERTAIN AUTHORS , 103 ...
... Death not Desirable , 101 102 JOHN HEYWOOD , The Drama , 63 Miracle Plays , Moral Plays , 63 Interludes , From the Four P's , ROGER ASCHAM , 66 From the " " Toxophilus , " 66 66 " School Master , " 3888 ** 858 63 UNCERTAIN AUTHORS , 103 ...
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... death of her Fawn , 248 His Prose Works , 202 SAMUEL BUTLER , 249 On " Myself , " 203 The Pleasures of a Country Life , 205 Macaulay's Character of the Pu- On Greatness , 206 ritans ( note ) , 250 Description of Hudibras , 251 JOHN ...
... death of her Fawn , 248 His Prose Works , 202 SAMUEL BUTLER , 249 On " Myself , " 203 The Pleasures of a Country Life , 205 Macaulay's Character of the Pu- On Greatness , 206 ritans ( note ) , 250 Description of Hudibras , 251 JOHN ...
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... Death - divided Friendships , 417 South Sea Scheme ( note ) , 462 Death , the Good Man's path to National Luxury the Road to Heaven , 418 National Ruin , 465 JAMES THOMSON , 419 WILLIAM COLLINS , 467 Summer Evening , 420 Ode to Fear ...
... Death - divided Friendships , 417 South Sea Scheme ( note ) , 462 Death , the Good Man's path to National Luxury the Road to Heaven , 418 National Ruin , 465 JAMES THOMSON , 419 WILLIAM COLLINS , 467 Summer Evening , 420 Ode to Fear ...
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... Death , 508 DAVID HUME , 568 508 On Delicacy of Taste , 569 Dying Rich , 509 Society Necessary for Happiness , 509 Insufficiency of Genius and Sta- On Simplicity and Refinement , The Middle Station of Life , 570 570 tion without Virtue ...
... Death , 508 DAVID HUME , 568 508 On Delicacy of Taste , 569 Dying Rich , 509 Society Necessary for Happiness , 509 Insufficiency of Genius and Sta- On Simplicity and Refinement , The Middle Station of Life , 570 570 tion without Virtue ...
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... death , and the council of Constance , thirty years after , decreed that his remains should be disinterred and scat- tered . The order was obeyed , and what were supposed to be the ashes of Wiclif were cast into an adjoining brook , one ...
... death , and the council of Constance , thirty years after , decreed that his remains should be disinterred and scat- tered . The order was obeyed , and what were supposed to be the ashes of Wiclif were cast into an adjoining brook , one ...
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