A History of English Literature, in a Series of Biographical SketchesT. Nelson and Sons, 1871 - 549 pages |
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... James I. of Scotland .......... VII . Other Writers of the First Era ... 64 67 53 SECOND ERA . FROM THE INTRODUCTION OF PRINTING IN 1474 A.D. TO THE ACCESSION OF ELIZABETH IN 1558 A.D. IV . Thomas Cranmer , Archbishop of I. The Old ...
... James I. of Scotland .......... VII . Other Writers of the First Era ... 64 67 53 SECOND ERA . FROM THE INTRODUCTION OF PRINTING IN 1474 A.D. TO THE ACCESSION OF ELIZABETH IN 1558 A.D. IV . Thomas Cranmer , Archbishop of I. The Old ...
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... James Thomson .... 301 VIII . William Robertson ....... 329 III . Samuel Richardson .. IV . Henry Fielding ..... V. Tobias Smollett .... 306 IX . Oliver Goldsmith .. 334 311 X. Samuel Johnson .. 343 316 XI . Other Writers of the Seventh ...
... James Thomson .... 301 VIII . William Robertson ....... 329 III . Samuel Richardson .. IV . Henry Fielding ..... V. Tobias Smollett .... 306 IX . Oliver Goldsmith .. 334 311 X. Samuel Johnson .. 343 316 XI . Other Writers of the Seventh ...
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... 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 ancient manuscripts , from which ...
... 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 ancient manuscripts , from which ...
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... the ellevene and to alle othere . And there was Marye Maudeleyn and Jone and Marye of James , and othere wymmen that weren with hem , that seiden to Apostlis these thingis . : Х EARLY LIFE OF CHAUCER . 53 Chaucer's early life .
... the ellevene and to alle othere . And there was Marye Maudeleyn and Jone and Marye of James , and othere wymmen that weren with hem , that seiden to Apostlis these thingis . : Х EARLY LIFE OF CHAUCER . 53 Chaucer's early life .
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... worde He threwe to fore hem on the borde The golde oute of his honde anon , And seide hem that he wolde none , So that he kepte his liberte To do justice and equite . 63 [ reason 64 THE POET KING . CHAPTER VI . KING JAMES.
... worde He threwe to fore hem on the borde The golde oute of his honde anon , And seide hem that he wolde none , So that he kepte his liberte To do justice and equite . 63 [ reason 64 THE POET KING . CHAPTER VI . KING JAMES.
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