A History of English Literature, in a Series of Biographical SketchesT. Nelson and Sons, 1871 - 549 pages |
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... Lists , admits the mention of many authors who must otherwise have been left out . The method of the entire book aims at enabling a student to perceive at a glance the relative importance of certain authors , so that his reading may be ...
... Lists , admits the mention of many authors who must otherwise have been left out . The method of the entire book aims at enabling a student to perceive at a glance the relative importance of certain authors , so that his reading may be ...
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... Lists , which , however , Awill serve to give what , I hope , is a tolerably accurate Midea idea of those third - class writers , or rather first - class writers of the third degree , who adorn the present century . In the opening ...
... Lists , which , however , Awill serve to give what , I hope , is a tolerably accurate Midea idea of those third - class writers , or rather first - class writers of the third degree , who adorn the present century . In the opening ...
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... list of thirty - eight works , which he had already written or compiled . These are chiefly theological ; but there are , besides , among them , histories , poems , works on physical science , and works on grammar . 24 735 A.D. THE ...
... list of thirty - eight works , which he had already written or compiled . These are chiefly theological ; but there are , besides , among them , histories , poems , works on physical science , and works on grammar . 24 735 A.D. THE ...
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... island to sing in Norman too ? name . It is no wonder that the list of Saxon writers , during the time when the nation lay stunned by the Conqueror's sword , should be 30 PRINCIPAL LATIN WRITERS . short . The Saxons were.
... island to sing in Norman too ? name . It is no wonder that the list of Saxon writers , during the time when the nation lay stunned by the Conqueror's sword , should be 30 PRINCIPAL LATIN WRITERS . short . The Saxons were.
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... list of minstrels is that of Thomas the Rhymer , who flourished during the thirteenth century in the south of Scotland . His full name is thought to have been Thomas 40 HISTORY OF ENGLISH METRICAL ROMANCE . • Learmount of.
... list of minstrels is that of Thomas the Rhymer , who flourished during the thirteenth century in the south of Scotland . His full name is thought to have been Thomas 40 HISTORY OF ENGLISH METRICAL ROMANCE . • Learmount of.
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