A History of English Literature in a Series of Biographical SketchesNelson, 1892 - 550 pages |
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... natural objects abound in that system too , but they have now got a deeper meaning the power of expressing abstractions , or qualities considered alone . Thus the queen bee represents royalty ; the bull , strength ; an ostrich feather ...
... natural objects abound in that system too , but they have now got a deeper meaning the power of expressing abstractions , or qualities considered alone . Thus the queen bee represents royalty ; the bull , strength ; an ostrich feather ...
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... nature , as is the case with the earlier picture - writing , but follows a conventional system seldom departed from . The upper part of a canopy in blue stood for the heavens ; a thick waving line of the same , or a greenish hue ...
... nature , as is the case with the earlier picture - writing , but follows a conventional system seldom departed from . The upper part of a canopy in blue stood for the heavens ; a thick waving line of the same , or a greenish hue ...
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... natural from the circumstance that they were chiefly the productions of the cloister . ALDHELM . - Most ancient of the Anglo - Saxon writers in Latin was Aldhelm , Abbot of Malmesbury and Bishop of Sherborn . He was born in Wessex about ...
... natural from the circumstance that they were chiefly the productions of the cloister . ALDHELM . - Most ancient of the Anglo - Saxon writers in Latin was Aldhelm , Abbot of Malmesbury and Bishop of Sherborn . He was born in Wessex about ...
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... Nature , which embraces a wide range of scientific knowledge , and is copiously enriched with extracts from Greek and Latin writers . The bold , fearless nature of the man , and the familiar tone of the Frankish court life , are well ...
... Nature , which embraces a wide range of scientific knowledge , and is copiously enriched with extracts from Greek and Latin writers . The bold , fearless nature of the man , and the familiar tone of the Frankish court life , are well ...
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... Nature of the Romance . Stories of Arthur . Master Wace . Langton and Richard I. Layamon's " Brut . " The " Ormulum . " THE Norman Conquest wrought great changes on both the learn- ing and the literature of England . Saxon scholarship ...
... Nature of the Romance . Stories of Arthur . Master Wace . Langton and Richard I. Layamon's " Brut . " The " Ormulum . " THE Norman Conquest wrought great changes on both the learn- ing and the literature of England . Saxon scholarship ...
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