A History of English Literature in a Series of Biographical SketchesNelson, 1892 - 550 pages |
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... 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 ..........................
... 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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... court life to that quiet monastery round which his earliest associations were twined . He had all ready for the journey , when news came of terrible massacres and burnings in the north of England , such as had not before been suf- fered ...
... court life to that quiet monastery round which his earliest associations were twined . He had all ready for the journey , when news came of terrible massacres and burnings in the north of England , such as had not before been suf- fered ...
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... court life , are well illustrated by an anecdote told of Erigena . One day the king and he sat on opposite sides of the table , with the courtiers ranged around . The scholar — through for- getfulness or ignorance - transgressed some of ...
... court life , are well illustrated by an anecdote told of Erigena . One day the king and he sat on opposite sides of the table , with the courtiers ranged around . The scholar — through for- getfulness or ignorance - transgressed some of ...
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... Court- ney as to whether the accused should sit or stand , Courtney in- sisting on the latter , excited so fierce a tumult that the meeting was dissolved . During all the evening shouting mobs ran riot through the streets of London ...
... Court- ney as to whether the accused should sit or stand , Courtney in- sisting on the latter , excited so fierce a tumult that the meeting was dissolved . During all the evening shouting mobs ran riot through the streets of London ...
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... Court is said to state , that " Geffrey Chaucer was fined two shillings for beating a Franciscane friar in Fleet Street ; " which ebullition of young blood is the only recorded event of his supposed law - studies in the Inner Temple ...
... Court is said to state , that " Geffrey Chaucer was fined two shillings for beating a Franciscane friar in Fleet Street ; " which ebullition of young blood is the only recorded event of his supposed law - studies in the Inner Temple ...
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