A History of English Literature in a Series of Biographical SketchesNelson, 1892 - 550 pages |
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Page 24
... acted as keeper of the fine library col- lected in the Cathedral of York . While returning from a visit to Rome , he became acquainted at Parma with the Emperor Charle- magne , who invited him to France . Going thither in 782 , he ...
... acted as keeper of the fine library col- lected in the Cathedral of York . While returning from a visit to Rome , he became acquainted at Parma with the Emperor Charle- magne , who invited him to France . Going thither in 782 , he ...
Page 72
... acted as travelling agent or factor for the Company of London Mercers . While he was thus employed , the great invention of printing began to attract the notice of the world . Laurence Coster , in the woods of Haarlem , had shaped his ...
... acted as travelling agent or factor for the Company of London Mercers . While he was thus employed , the great invention of printing began to attract the notice of the world . Laurence Coster , in the woods of Haarlem , had shaped his ...
Page 97
... acted in 1535 at Cupar - Fife and Edinburgh . His Squire Meldrum , last of the metrical romances , is lively but licentious . The Monarchie , opening with the Creation and closing with the Day of Judgment , is valuable for its spirited ...
... acted in 1535 at Cupar - Fife and Edinburgh . His Squire Meldrum , last of the metrical romances , is lively but licentious . The Monarchie , opening with the Creation and closing with the Day of Judgment , is valuable for its spirited ...
Page 101
... acted in churches and convents , either by the clergy themselves or under their immediate direction , was the earliest form of the English drama . The only knowledge of Bible history possessed by the rude and ignorant masses of the ...
... acted in churches and convents , either by the clergy themselves or under their immediate direction , was the earliest form of the English drama . The only knowledge of Bible history possessed by the rude and ignorant masses of the ...
Page 102
... acted these Moralities on certain great days and state occasions . An open scaffold knocked up in the market - place , or a platform of planks drawn upon wheels , served as a stage , on which such pieces as Hit the Nail on the Head , or ...
... acted these Moralities on certain great days and state occasions . An open scaffold knocked up in the market - place , or a platform of planks drawn upon wheels , served as a stage , on which such pieces as Hit the Nail on the Head , or ...
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