A History of English Literature, in a Series of Biographical SketchesT. Nelson and Sons, 1871 - 549 pages |
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... 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 chapter of the various Eras I have ventured 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 chapter of the various Eras I have ventured to ...
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... gives a 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. ...
... gives a 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. ...
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... gives us a sketch of his dying bed . From the beginning of April until the end of May 735 , he continued to sink under an attack of asthma , which had long been sapping his strength . To the very last he worked hard , dictating with his ...
... gives us a sketch of his dying bed . From the beginning of April until the end of May 735 , he continued to sink under an attack of asthma , which had long been sapping his strength . To the very last he worked hard , dictating with his ...
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... give a life - like picture of the great events of his day . The wars of Charlemagne against the Saracens and the Saxons are there described ; and there , too , we find a graphic account of the inner life of the imperial court . A Life ...
... give a life - like picture of the great events of his day . The wars of Charlemagne against the Saracens and the Saxons are there described ; and there , too , we find a graphic account of the inner life of the imperial court . A Life ...
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... give us an idea of the kind of men who wandered from hall to hall , embalming in song those picturesque old histories of early English days , whose very roughness of flow is a new charm , and whose large admixture of highly - coloured ...
... give us an idea of the kind of men who wandered from hall to hall , embalming in song those picturesque old histories of early English days , whose very roughness of flow is a new charm , and whose large admixture of highly - coloured ...
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