Chamber's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of Authors in the English Tongue from the Earliest Times Till the Present Day, with Specimens of Their Writings, Volume 1J. B. Lippincott, 1910 - American literature |
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... known in England ; Longfellow and Lowell had each published but one volume of original verse ; and The Autocrat of the Breakfast- Table ' had made but a few desultory efforts in literature . Howells was an infant , and Henry James was ...
... known in England ; Longfellow and Lowell had each published but one volume of original verse ; and The Autocrat of the Breakfast- Table ' had made but a few desultory efforts in literature . Howells was an infant , and Henry James was ...
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... known , in Ethica , Physica , and Logica . The library was the largest and the best outside of Rome , and was more useful than that at Rome . The arts were not neglected . The Latin Fathers ; the Roman poets , gram- marians , orators ...
... known , in Ethica , Physica , and Logica . The library was the largest and the best outside of Rome , and was more useful than that at Rome . The arts were not neglected . The Latin Fathers ; the Roman poets , gram- marians , orators ...
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... known Preface is from Ælfred's own hand , and it is the beginning of English prose literature . breathes throughout of the king's character . sketches the state of learning in England when he came to the throne , and we realise from it ...
... known Preface is from Ælfred's own hand , and it is the beginning of English prose literature . breathes throughout of the king's character . sketches the state of learning in England when he came to the throne , and we realise from it ...
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... known branches of learning , sent them forth as missionaries of education to various parts of England . His best scholar , Ethelwold , was made head of the Abbey of Abingdon , re- founded by King Eadred ; and Ethelwold , who died in 904 ...
... known branches of learning , sent them forth as missionaries of education to various parts of England . His best scholar , Ethelwold , was made head of the Abbey of Abingdon , re- founded by King Eadred ; and Ethelwold , who died in 904 ...
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... known mathematician ; and his commentaries on the scientific works of Bæda , and his Life of Dunstan , prove his literary activity . The varied knowledge shown in these books , which date before 1016 , makes it almost certain that he ...
... known mathematician ; and his commentaries on the scientific works of Bæda , and his Life of Dunstan , prove his literary activity . The varied knowledge shown in these books , which date before 1016 , makes it almost certain that he ...
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