A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged from Sir John Mandeville to William Cowper ...A.S. Barnes, 1848 - 776 pages |
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... mind , but had hardly dared to expect to see in existence : very great , because it is prepared with so much literary taste and judgment , and evinces throughout so strict a regard for purity of morals . While its character is such as ...
... mind , but had hardly dared to expect to see in existence : very great , because it is prepared with so much literary taste and judgment , and evinces throughout so strict a regard for purity of morals . While its character is such as ...
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... mind ; not one line which , " dying , I might wish to blot ; " - but that , on the contrary , it may render good service to the cause of sound education ; may exert , wherever read , a wholesome moral influ- ence ; and impress upon the ...
... mind ; not one line which , " dying , I might wish to blot ; " - but that , on the contrary , it may render good service to the cause of sound education ; may exert , wherever read , a wholesome moral influ- ence ; and impress upon the ...
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... mind will be found in this edition . The reader , however , must bear in mind that the most dis- tinguished female writers of England have been during the present century , into which it was not my purpose to enter . Fifth . This ...
... mind will be found in this edition . The reader , however , must bear in mind that the most dis- tinguished female writers of England have been during the present century , into which it was not my purpose to enter . Fifth . This ...
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... mind of the king against him ; and in April , 1546 , he was recalled from the continent , im- prisoned in Windsor Castle , 1 and in December of the same year was sent to the Tower . He was soon brought to trial . The accusations against ...
... mind of the king against him ; and in April , 1546 , he was recalled from the continent , im- prisoned in Windsor Castle , 1 and in December of the same year was sent to the Tower . He was soon brought to trial . The accusations against ...
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... mind were various ; his acquirements great . There was no polite r manly accomplishment in which he did not excel . He was master of the Latin , the French , the Italian , and the Spanish languages . He had a vigorous intellect , and a ...
... mind were various ; his acquirements great . There was no polite r manly accomplishment in which he did not excel . He was master of the Latin , the French , the Italian , and the Spanish languages . He had a vigorous intellect , and a ...
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