A History of English Literature, in a Series of Biographical SketchesT. Nelson and Sons, 1871 - 549 pages |
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... historical events and moral proverbs , arranged in groups of three . Both in these and in the ballads of the bards , one ... History of the Britons . The Latin poems of St. Columbanus , an Irish missionary to the Gauls , are spoken of by ...
... historical events and moral proverbs , arranged in groups of three . Both in these and in the ballads of the bards , one ... History of the Britons . The Latin poems of St. Columbanus , an Irish missionary to the Gauls , are spoken of by ...
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... history like tares in the wheat - field . Yet much good sound truth has been extracted from the old chronicles ; and from such legends as Arthur , Lear , and Cymbeline some of the finest blossoms of our literature have sprung ...
... history like tares in the wheat - field . Yet much good sound truth has been extracted from the old chronicles ; and from such legends as Arthur , Lear , and Cymbeline some of the finest blossoms of our literature have sprung ...
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