A History of English Literature, in a Series of Biographical SketchesT. Nelson and Sons, 1871 - 549 pages |
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... later writings , re- duced to their principal parts , or even to lines , the latter being the first step toward the formation of an alphabet . For instance , a combat is represented by two arms , one bearing a shield , the other a pike ...
... later writings , re- duced to their principal parts , or even to lines , the latter being the first step toward the formation of an alphabet . For instance , a combat is represented by two arms , one bearing a shield , the other a pike ...
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... later date than the earliest Irish ballads . The poems of Ossian- Fingal and Temora - which were published in 1762 and 1763 by James Macpherson , as translations from Gaelic manuscripts as old as the fourth century , are now generally ...
... later date than the earliest Irish ballads . The poems of Ossian- Fingal and Temora - which were published in 1762 and 1763 by James Macpherson , as translations from Gaelic manuscripts as old as the fourth century , are now generally ...
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... later the cloisters of Wearmouth were his home ; and within their quiet seclusion he wrote the great work , on which his title to the name Venerable is justly founded . In his fifty - ninth year he brought to a close his famous History ...
... later the cloisters of Wearmouth were his home ; and within their quiet seclusion he wrote the great work , on which his title to the name Venerable is justly founded . In his fifty - ninth year he brought to a close his famous History ...
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... later days recited sometimes their own compositions , but oftener the poems of others . And by no means ignoble was the occupation of these musical wanderers . When Alfred donned the minstrel's dress , he took a downward step , to be ...
... later days recited sometimes their own compositions , but oftener the poems of others . And by no means ignoble was the occupation of these musical wanderers . When Alfred donned the minstrel's dress , he took a downward step , to be ...
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... later , also produced a Rhyming Chronicle , translated from the French of Wace and Langtoft . The latter of these was a canon regular of St. Austin , at Bridlington in Yorkshire . An- other name well known in the list of minstrels is ...
... later , also produced a Rhyming Chronicle , translated from the French of Wace and Langtoft . The latter of these was a canon regular of St. Austin , at Bridlington in Yorkshire . An- other name well known in the list of minstrels is ...
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