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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A History, Critical and Biographical, of Authors in the English Tongue from the Earliest Times Till the Present Day, with Specimens of Their Writings Robert Chambers David Patrick. " L 1 . 1 1 1 1 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 Robert Chambers David Patrick. " L 1 . 1 1 1 1 of English Literature∞
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... LITERATURE Rob . Home 1900 574. THE CHANDOS SHAKESPEARE Frontispiece JOHN FLETCHER FROM THE BEOWULF MS . LORD HERBERT OF CHERBURY FROM MS . OF THE CADMONIAN POEMS GEORGE HERBERT ... LATIN MS . WITH ENGLISH GLOSS DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN ...
... LITERATURE Rob . Home 1900 574. THE CHANDOS SHAKESPEARE Frontispiece JOHN FLETCHER FROM THE BEOWULF MS . LORD HERBERT OF CHERBURY FROM MS . OF THE CADMONIAN POEMS GEORGE HERBERT ... LATIN MS . WITH ENGLISH GLOSS DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN ...
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... literature , but changed their form . Marculf takes the place of Saturn , and represents the uneducated peasant or mechanic , whose rustic wit often gets the better of the king and the scholar . But there is no trace of this rebellion ...
... literature , but changed their form . Marculf takes the place of Saturn , and represents the uneducated peasant or mechanic , whose rustic wit often gets the better of the king and the scholar . But there is no trace of this rebellion ...
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... literature . With him , at Win- chester , began the prose - writing of England . His books were chiefly translations , but they were interspersed with original work which reveals to us his way of thinking , the temper of his soul , the ...
... literature . With him , at Win- chester , began the prose - writing of England . His books were chiefly translations , but they were interspersed with original work which reveals to us his way of thinking , the temper of his soul , the ...
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