A History of English Literature, in a Series of Biographical SketchesT. Nelson and Sons, 1871 - 549 pages |
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... sweet or sour juices have been drawn , that these important influences cannot be overlooked in tracing , however slightly , the growth of a Literature . It has , accordingly , been my principal object to shew how the books , which we ...
... sweet or sour juices have been drawn , that these important influences cannot be overlooked in tracing , however slightly , the growth of a Literature . It has , accordingly , been my principal object to shew how the books , which we ...
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... sweet - voiced scorn , or exulted in his proudest tones over the beaten foe . From earliest days his training was directed to the storing of his memory with the poetic legends of his country ; and when , grown more skilful , he learned ...
... sweet - voiced scorn , or exulted in his proudest tones over the beaten foe . From earliest days his training was directed to the storing of his memory with the poetic legends of his country ; and when , grown more skilful , he learned ...
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... sweet music began to flow from the lips that had been sealed so long . Caedmon awoke , knew the words he had been reciting , and felt a new - born power in his breast . The mantle of song had fallen on him ; and when next day , before ...
... sweet music began to flow from the lips that had been sealed so long . Caedmon awoke , knew the words he had been reciting , and felt a new - born power in his breast . The mantle of song had fallen on him ; and when next day , before ...
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... sweet solace of literature and music . He died at Dilton in May 709. His chief works are three ; a prose treatise in praise of Virginity , —a work in verse on the same subject , —and a book of Riddles . His Latin is impure , filled with ...
... sweet solace of literature and music . He died at Dilton in May 709. His chief works are three ; a prose treatise in praise of Virginity , —a work in verse on the same subject , —and a book of Riddles . His Latin is impure , filled with ...
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... sweet was the talk at the six o'clock supper , and during the twilight stroll by the river . The king , too , often came out to dine with the Mores , sometimes uninvited , when the good but fussy lady of the house ( not Jane Colt , but ...
... sweet was the talk at the six o'clock supper , and during the twilight stroll by the river . The king , too , often came out to dine with the Mores , sometimes uninvited , when the good but fussy lady of the house ( not Jane Colt , but ...
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