A History of English Literature, in a Series of Biographical SketchesT. Nelson and Sons, 1871 - 549 pages |
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William Francis Collier. vi PREFACE . Cavalier satins and the more sober - coloured garments of their opponents ; to see courtly poison withering Dryden's wreath of bay , and men like Johnson starving their way to fame : these are surely ...
William Francis Collier. vi PREFACE . Cavalier satins and the more sober - coloured garments of their opponents ; to see courtly poison withering Dryden's wreath of bay , and men like Johnson starving their way to fame : these are surely ...
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... coloured with powdered charcoal or the soot of resin , represented long ago the pen and ink of modern days . With such appliances , Egyptian , Greek , and Roman scholars penned their early works on rolls of parchment or of papyrus , the ...
... coloured with powdered charcoal or the soot of resin , represented long ago the pen and ink of modern days . With such appliances , Egyptian , Greek , and Roman scholars penned their early works on rolls of parchment or of papyrus , the ...
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... coloured forms of the centre , where we have the sovereign painted twice , as a stern - looking head , capped with a serpent crest , with a dwarfish , white - robed body , and , separate from the shoulder , a hand grasping a couple of ...
... coloured forms of the centre , where we have the sovereign painted twice , as a stern - looking head , capped with a serpent crest , with a dwarfish , white - robed body , and , separate from the shoulder , a hand grasping a couple of ...
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... colouring of the hieroglyphics is not in imitation of nature , as is the case with the earlier picture - writing ... coloured , ovals above his head express by figures and signs the names of the king . Four or five upright columns of ...
... colouring of the hieroglyphics is not in imitation of nature , as is the case with the earlier picture - writing ... coloured , ovals above his head express by figures and signs the names of the king . Four or five upright columns of ...
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... coloured , much - distorted panorama . The romances relating to King Arthur possess a special interest for us , since our Laureate and a brother bard have founded poems on these old tales . The strange and profane legend of the Saint ...
... coloured , much - distorted panorama . The romances relating to King Arthur possess a special interest for us , since our Laureate and a brother bard have founded poems on these old tales . The strange and profane legend of the Saint ...
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