A History of English Literature, in a Series of Biographical SketchesT. Nelson and Sons, 1871 - 549 pages |
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... chapter is devoted to each greatest name , writers of less mark being grouped together in a closing section . Short ... chapters of the last two Eras have been arranged upon a plan which prevents confusion , and , by the use of ...
... chapter is devoted to each greatest name , writers of less mark being grouped together in a closing section . Short ... chapters of the last two Eras have been arranged upon a plan which prevents confusion , and , by the use of ...
Page v
... chapter and a paragraph . With great regret , and not without some misgivings , was I forced to assign to a secondary place Defoe , Adam Smith ( in spite of Buckle's praise ) , Lamb , Wilson , De Quincey , Chalmers , Kingsley , Hugh ...
... chapter and a paragraph . With great regret , and not without some misgivings , was I forced to assign to a secondary place Defoe , Adam Smith ( in spite of Buckle's praise ) , Lamb , Wilson , De Quincey , Chalmers , Kingsley , Hugh ...
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... CHAPTER I. FIRST STEPS IN BOOK - MAKING . The papyrus . An ancient book - room . Picture - writing . Reign of Acamapich . Cortez has come . Hieroglyphics . Sesostris on his throne . Phonetics . Conclusion . WHEN in the depth of some ...
... CHAPTER I. FIRST STEPS IN BOOK - MAKING . The papyrus . An ancient book - room . Picture - writing . Reign of Acamapich . Cortez has come . Hieroglyphics . Sesostris on his throne . Phonetics . Conclusion . WHEN in the depth of some ...
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... CHAPTER III . ANGLO - SAXON WRITERS . King Alfred . Alfric the Grammarian . Alcuin . Erigena . The " Saxon Chronicle . " Dunstan . Aldhelm . Decay , Bede . THE Gleeman or Minstrel of the Anglo - Saxons was a most impor- tant person ...
... CHAPTER III . ANGLO - SAXON WRITERS . King Alfred . Alfric the Grammarian . Alcuin . Erigena . The " Saxon Chronicle . " Dunstan . Aldhelm . Decay , Bede . THE Gleeman or Minstrel of the Anglo - Saxons was a most impor- tant person ...
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... chapter , but thou canst ill bear questioning . " " Write quickly on , " said Bede . At noon he took a solemn fare- well of his friends , distributing among them his treasured spices and other gifts . By sunset there remained but one ...
... chapter , but thou canst ill bear questioning . " " Write quickly on , " said Bede . At noon he took a solemn fare- well of his friends , distributing among them his treasured spices and other gifts . By sunset there remained but one ...
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