A History of English Literature in a Series of Biographical SketchesNelson, 1892 - 550 pages |
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... Cambridge — already distin- guished as schools — were elevated to the rank of universities , des- tined to be formidable rivals of the older institutions at Paris and Bologna . Latin being the professional language of churchmen , by ...
... Cambridge — already distin- guished as schools — were elevated to the rank of universities , des- tined to be formidable rivals of the older institutions at Paris and Bologna . Latin being the professional language of churchmen , by ...
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... Cambridge , Clerk , " which occur in one of his earliest works in reference to himself , have caused it to be inferred that he was educated at Cambridge . But Warton and others claim him as an Oxford man too ; and , if he studied there ...
... Cambridge , Clerk , " which occur in one of his earliest works in reference to himself , have caused it to be inferred that he was educated at Cambridge . But Warton and others claim him as an Oxford man too ; and , if he studied there ...
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... Cambridge . His powers as a linguist and his great love for the Scriptures are specially noted by his early biographer . The next scene of his life was the house of Sir John Welsh , a knight of Gloucestershire , who employed him as ...
... Cambridge . His powers as a linguist and his great love for the Scriptures are specially noted by his early biographer . The next scene of his life was the house of Sir John Welsh , a knight of Gloucestershire , who employed him as ...
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... Cambridge . Archbishop of Canterbury . His glory and his death . Book of Common Prayer , The Twelve Homilies . Cranmer's Bible . AFTER some years of study , sporting , and teaching at Cambridge , Thomas Cranmer , a Fellow of Jesus ...
... Cambridge . Archbishop of Canterbury . His glory and his death . Book of Common Prayer , The Twelve Homilies . Cranmer's Bible . AFTER some years of study , sporting , and teaching at Cambridge , Thomas Cranmer , a Fellow of Jesus ...
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... Cambridge . His elegant scholarship and quick wit , added to a fine person and remarkable skill with lance and rapier , speedily won for him a brilliant reputation . But his life was not all sun- shine : he was named as one of the ...
... Cambridge . His elegant scholarship and quick wit , added to a fine person and remarkable skill with lance and rapier , speedily won for him a brilliant reputation . But his life was not all sun- shine : he was named as one of the ...
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