A History of English Literature in a Series of Biographical SketchesNelson, 1892 - 550 pages |
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... England by Augustine and his monks . In the stern soldiering days of the Roman period , much Latin had been spoken and read , but little had been written within British bounds . But the Anglo - Saxon monks , - THE VENERABLE BEDE . 23 ...
... England by Augustine and his monks . In the stern soldiering days of the Roman period , much Latin had been spoken and read , but little had been written within British bounds . But the Anglo - Saxon monks , - THE VENERABLE BEDE . 23 ...
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... England , such as had not before been suf- fered , although the Raven's beak had left many a deep and bloody gash upon the fair English shore . Frightened at such tales , he asked from the emperor a post , in which he might calmly pass ...
... England , such as had not before been suf- fered , although the Raven's beak had left many a deep and bloody gash upon the fair English shore . Frightened at such tales , he asked from the emperor a post , in which he might calmly pass ...
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... England of the Norman Romance . With Chivalry , from which it was inseparable , and from whose stirring life it took all its colours , the Romance rose and fell . From the corrupted Latin a group of dialects arose , called the Roman or ...
... England of the Norman Romance . With Chivalry , from which it was inseparable , and from whose stirring life it took all its colours , the Romance rose and fell . From the corrupted Latin a group of dialects arose , called the Roman or ...
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... of Peterborough , may also be named among the crowd of chroniclers who have written on the early history of England . A favourite kind of light reading , often conned by the refectory 32 NATURE OF THE NORMAN ROMANCES . fire in the.
... of Peterborough , may also be named among the crowd of chroniclers who have written on the early history of England . A favourite kind of light reading , often conned by the refectory 32 NATURE OF THE NORMAN ROMANCES . fire in the.
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... England about 1184 . There are two among the Anglo - Norman romancers who are worthy to be named besides , not so much for the excellence of their verse as for their prominence in English history - Cardinal Stephen Langton , and Richard ...
... England about 1184 . There are two among the Anglo - Norman romancers who are worthy to be named besides , not so much for the excellence of their verse as for their prominence in English history - Cardinal Stephen Langton , and Richard ...
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