A History of English Literature in a Series of Biographical SketchesNelson, 1892 - 550 pages |
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... MILTON IN 1674 A.D. TO THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THE TATLER IN 1709 A.D. Page I. The Court of Charles II ............ 219 IL . Samuel Butler ...... .......................................... 223 III . John Bunyan ............................
... MILTON IN 1674 A.D. TO THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THE TATLER IN 1709 A.D. Page I. The Court of Charles II ............ 219 IL . Samuel Butler ...... .......................................... 223 III . John Bunyan ............................
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... Charles the Bald , for thirty years . He should be well remembered for two things : he was a learned layman , and a well - read Greek scholar , both characters being very rare in those benighted days . His chief works are a treatise on ...
... Charles the Bald , for thirty years . He should be well remembered for two things : he was a learned layman , and a well - read Greek scholar , both characters being very rare in those benighted days . His chief works are a treatise on ...
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... Charles by his father's death , married Margaret Plantagenet , the sister of the English king , William Caxton , who was already a resident in 1468 Bruges , where the rich and luxurious Court of Burgundy had its seat , entered the ...
... Charles by his father's death , married Margaret Plantagenet , the sister of the English king , William Caxton , who was already a resident in 1468 Bruges , where the rich and luxurious Court of Burgundy had its seat , entered the ...
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... Charles his Court , during certain years while the sayd Roger was there . " 3. " The Schole- Master ; or Plain and Perfite Way of teaching Children to Under- stand , Write , and Speake the Latin Tongue , but specially purposed for the ...
... Charles his Court , during certain years while the sayd Roger was there . " 3. " The Schole- Master ; or Plain and Perfite Way of teaching Children to Under- stand , Write , and Speake the Latin Tongue , but specially purposed for the ...
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... Charles I. , born in 1587 at Aberdeen , by name Arthur Johnston , much of whose life was also spent abroad , wrote a complete Latin version of the Psalms in elegiacs , which Hallam values almost as highly as the version of Buchanan ...
... Charles I. , born in 1587 at Aberdeen , by name Arthur Johnston , much of whose life was also spent abroad , wrote a complete Latin version of the Psalms in elegiacs , which Hallam values almost as highly as the version of Buchanan ...
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