A History of English Literature in a Series of Biographical SketchesNelson, 1892 - 550 pages |
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... lived in the midst of the scenes they described , it is perhaps the most valuable inheritance we have received from the native literature of our Saxon forefathers . A romance founded on the story of Apollonius of Tyre , -King Alfred's ...
... lived in the midst of the scenes they described , it is perhaps the most valuable inheritance we have received from the native literature of our Saxon forefathers . A romance founded on the story of Apollonius of Tyre , -King Alfred's ...
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... lived a hermit life under the shade of the great oak trees in north - eastern Wilt- shire . When the followers of Meildulf were formed into a mon- astery bearing its founder's name ( Meildulfesbyrig or Malmesbury ) , Aldhelm was chosen ...
... lived a hermit life under the shade of the great oak trees in north - eastern Wilt- shire . When the followers of Meildulf were formed into a mon- astery bearing its founder's name ( Meildulfesbyrig or Malmesbury ) , Aldhelm was chosen ...
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William Francis Collier. 26 HOW DUNSTAN WON HIS SAINTSHIP . about 845 , and lived there , under the patronage of Charles the Bald , for thirty years . He should be well remembered for two things : he was a learned layman , and a well ...
William Francis Collier. 26 HOW DUNSTAN WON HIS SAINTSHIP . about 845 , and lived there , under the patronage of Charles the Bald , for thirty years . He should be well remembered for two things : he was a learned layman , and a well ...
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... remained a player of music only . Had Alfred Tennyson lived six hundred years ago , in order to win the laurel- crown which he worthily wears as first minstrel in the land , he 38 FALL OF THE MINSTREL CRAFT . would have needed.
... remained a player of music only . Had Alfred Tennyson lived six hundred years ago , in order to win the laurel- crown which he worthily wears as first minstrel in the land , he 38 FALL OF THE MINSTREL CRAFT . would have needed.
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... lived in the abbey of that city , wrote , after 1278 , a Rhyming Chronicle in English , narrating British history to the end of Henry III.'s reign . The earlier part of this work , which seems to be written in west country English , and ...
... lived in the abbey of that city , wrote , after 1278 , a Rhyming Chronicle in English , narrating British history to the end of Henry III.'s reign . The earlier part of this work , which seems to be written in west country English , and ...
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