A History of English Literature in a Series of Biographical SketchesNelson, 1892 - 550 pages |
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Page 16
... published in 1762 and 1763 by James Macpherson , as translations from Gaelic manuscripts as old as the fourth century , are now generally looked on as literary forgeries , executed by their clever but not very scrupulous editor . The ...
... published in 1762 and 1763 by James Macpherson , as translations from Gaelic manuscripts as old as the fourth century , are now generally looked on as literary forgeries , executed by their clever but not very scrupulous editor . The ...
Page 40
... published by Sir Walter Scott at the outset of his literary career . Dr. Craik thus sums up the leading facts in the history of English metrical romance : - 1. At least the first examples of it were translations from the French . 2. If ...
... published by Sir Walter Scott at the outset of his literary career . Dr. Craik thus sums up the leading facts in the history of English metrical romance : - 1. At least the first examples of it were translations from the French . 2. If ...
Page 85
... published in 1525 or 1526. An improved and altered version appeared in 1534. The run upon the book , both on the Continent and in England , was very great . Copies poured by hundreds from the foreign presses into England . In vain the ...
... published in 1525 or 1526. An improved and altered version appeared in 1534. The run upon the book , both on the Continent and in England , was very great . Copies poured by hundreds from the foreign presses into England . In vain the ...
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... published in 1531 , in which he recommends that children should be taught to speak Latin from their infancy , and that music , drawing , and carving ( that is sculpture ) , should have place in a scheme of enlightened education . JOHN ...
... published in 1531 , in which he recommends that children should be taught to speak Latin from their infancy , and that music , drawing , and carving ( that is sculpture ) , should have place in a scheme of enlightened education . JOHN ...
Page 99
... published , with a dedication to the king , the first printed translation of the whole Bible . He was also much engaged in the preparation of the Great , or Cran- mer's Bible ( 1540 ) ; and when exiled in the time of Mary , he took part ...
... published , with a dedication to the king , the first printed translation of the whole Bible . He was also much engaged in the preparation of the Great , or Cran- mer's Bible ( 1540 ) ; and when exiled in the time of Mary , he took part ...
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