A History of English Literature in a Series of Biographical SketchesNelson, 1892 - 550 pages |
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... afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury . Born in 925 , near Glastonbury in Somersetshire , and educated there in the Irish school , he became a monk at an early age . His advances in learning were surprisingly rapid , in spite of the ...
... afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury . Born in 925 , near Glastonbury in Somersetshire , and educated there in the Irish school , he became a monk at an early age . His advances in learning were surprisingly rapid , in spite of the ...
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... afterwards chiefly to the musician . The song was dropped , and so were the gestures . The Poet took up the song ; the Juggler and Tumbler took up the bodily movements ; while the Minstrel remained a player of music only . Had Alfred ...
... afterwards chiefly to the musician . The song was dropped , and so were the gestures . The Poet took up the song ; the Juggler and Tumbler took up the bodily movements ; while the Minstrel remained a player of music only . Had Alfred ...
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... afterwards translated by himself into French , and thence into English . A.D. Mandeville's great fault as a writer was , that he loaded his pages with the wildest and most absurd stories , picked up by the way , and admitted upon the ...
... afterwards translated by himself into French , and thence into English . A.D. Mandeville's great fault as a writer was , that he loaded his pages with the wildest and most absurd stories , picked up by the way , and admitted upon the ...
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... afterwards embodied in the Clerkes Tale . A.D. Then came other royal grants , —a pitcher of wine daily for life -the office of Comptroller of Customs of wool , wine , & c . , in the Port of London - the wardship of a rich heir , for ...
... afterwards embodied in the Clerkes Tale . A.D. Then came other royal grants , —a pitcher of wine daily for life -the office of Comptroller of Customs of wool , wine , & c . , in the Port of London - the wardship of a rich heir , for ...
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... afterwards utterly repealed –he underwent at Oxford that baptism of fire which has purified his memory from every stain . Cranmer's great fault was a want of decision and firmness . A.D. It There is a book , which ranks with our Bible ...
... afterwards utterly repealed –he underwent at Oxford that baptism of fire which has purified his memory from every stain . Cranmer's great fault was a want of decision and firmness . A.D. It There is a book , which ranks with our Bible ...
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