A History of English Literature, in a Series of Biographical SketchesT. Nelson and Sons, 1871 - 549 pages |
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... called a Book , depend upon the atmosphere in which it has ripened , and the soil whence its sweet or sour juices have been drawn , that these important influences cannot be overlooked in tracing , however slightly , the growth of a ...
... called a Book , depend upon the atmosphere in which it has ripened , and the soil whence its sweet or sour juices have been drawn , that these important influences cannot be overlooked in tracing , however slightly , the growth of a ...
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... called Pergamena or parchment . Vellum , a finer material , is prepared calf - skin . Besides these , a common form of the book in Greek and Roman days consisted in tablets of wood , ivory , or metal , coated thinly with wax , on which ...
... called Pergamena or parchment . Vellum , a finer material , is prepared calf - skin . Besides these , a common form of the book in Greek and Roman days consisted in tablets of wood , ivory , or metal , coated thinly with wax , on which ...
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... called Athelstan's Song of Victory . The following extract from Caedmon's " Paraphrase " -part of the Song of Azariah - may be taken as a specimen of Anglo - Saxon verse : - Tha of roderum wæs . Engel ælbeorht . Ufan onsended . Wlite ...
... called Athelstan's Song of Victory . The following extract from Caedmon's " Paraphrase " -part of the Song of Azariah - may be taken as a specimen of Anglo - Saxon verse : - Tha of roderum wæs . Engel ælbeorht . Ufan onsended . Wlite ...
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... called to fill the chair from which his master , Egbert , had taught so well - he drew even greater crowds of students to this capital of the north . Besides his work as a teacher , he acted as keeper of the fine library col- lected in ...
... called to fill the chair from which his master , Egbert , had taught so well - he drew even greater crowds of students to this capital of the north . Besides his work as a teacher , he acted as keeper of the fine library col- lected in ...
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... called the Scholastic Philosophy , founded on Aristotle's method of argument , grew to a most extravagant degree of favour . Hence imaginative writing of all kinds suffered a great blight . It was only in the ballads of the people that ...
... called the Scholastic Philosophy , founded on Aristotle's method of argument , grew to a most extravagant degree of favour . Hence imaginative writing of all kinds suffered a great blight . It was only in the ballads of the people that ...
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