A History of English Literature, in a Series of Biographical SketchesT. Nelson and Sons, 1871 - 549 pages |
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... remaining Eras an entire chapter is devoted to each greatest name , writers of less mark being grouped together in a closing section . Short illustrative specimens , intended mainly to form the basis of lessons on variety of style , are ...
... remaining Eras an entire chapter is devoted to each greatest name , writers of less mark being grouped together in a closing section . Short illustrative specimens , intended mainly to form the basis of lessons on variety of style , are ...
Page 55
... remaining days were spent at Woodstock and Donnington Castle , both gifts from the princely Lancaster ; and within these sheltering walls he rested and wrote . The accession of Henry IV . brought good for tune to the poet , whose ...
... remaining days were spent at Woodstock and Donnington Castle , both gifts from the princely Lancaster ; and within these sheltering walls he rested and wrote . The accession of Henry IV . brought good for tune to the poet , whose ...
Page 64
... remaining son , James , on board a ship bound for France , that the boy might be safe from the wiles of Albany . The ship being seized off the Nor- folk coast , the prince was led a captive to the English Court . -an event which brought ...
... remaining son , James , on board a ship bound for France , that the boy might be safe from the wiles of Albany . The ship being seized off the Nor- folk coast , the prince was led a captive to the English Court . -an event which brought ...
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... Remaining faithful to the Red Rose through every change , he followed Queen Margaret into France , where he lived in exile for some time . Out of evil came good . We owe to this banishment one of the finest of our early English law ...
... Remaining faithful to the Red Rose through every change , he followed Queen Margaret into France , where he lived in exile for some time . Out of evil came good . We owe to this banishment one of the finest of our early English law ...
Page 94
... remaining works . He is said to have died some time before 1508 . WILLIAM DUNBAR , placed by Sir Walter Scott at the head of Scottish poets , and perhaps , therefore , deserving more prominence than he receives here , is thought to have ...
... remaining works . He is said to have died some time before 1508 . WILLIAM DUNBAR , placed by Sir Walter Scott at the head of Scottish poets , and perhaps , therefore , deserving more prominence than he receives here , is thought to have ...
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