A History of English Literature in a Series of Biographical SketchesNelson, 1892 - 550 pages |
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... born in Wessex about 656 , of the best blood in the land . His chief teacher was an Irish monk named Meildulf , who lived a hermit life under the shade of the great oak trees in north - eastern Wilt- shire . When the followers of ...
... born in Wessex about 656 , of the best blood in the land . His chief teacher was an Irish monk named Meildulf , who lived a hermit life under the shade of the great oak trees in north - eastern Wilt- shire . When the followers of ...
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... born in 1075 , at the village of Atcham on the Severn , and spent all his life , after his eleventh year , abroad , was the writer of an ecclesiastical history , extending from the Creation to the year 1141. His account of the Norman ...
... born in 1075 , at the village of Atcham on the Severn , and spent all his life , after his eleventh year , abroad , was the writer of an ecclesiastical history , extending from the Creation to the year 1141. His account of the Norman ...
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... Born about 1324 A.D .......... Died 1384 A.D. The Mendicant Friars . Begins to lecture . Envoy at Bruges . 1340 Wycliffe at St. Paul's . Synod of Lambeth . His sickness . The Poor Priests . Life at Lutterworth . His death . His bones ...
... Born about 1324 A.D .......... Died 1384 A.D. The Mendicant Friars . Begins to lecture . Envoy at Bruges . 1340 Wycliffe at St. Paul's . Synod of Lambeth . His sickness . The Poor Priests . Life at Lutterworth . His death . His bones ...
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... born on the borders of Wales , and brought up from childhood at Oxford . Graduating at that university , he went to spend some time at Cambridge . His powers as a linguist and his great love for the Scriptures are specially noted by his ...
... born on the borders of Wales , and brought up from childhood at Oxford . Graduating at that university , he went to spend some time at Cambridge . His powers as a linguist and his great love for the Scriptures are specially noted by his ...
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... born in 1503 in Kent , and was educated at 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 ...
... born in 1503 in Kent , and was educated at 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 ...
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