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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... song , one aphorism or sententious saying ; but something there should be , as a rule , to illus- trate his average achievement , the standard by which he may fairly be judged . Nor does the work profess to be a marrow of our literature ...
... song , one aphorism or sententious saying ; but something there should be , as a rule , to illus- trate his average achievement , the standard by which he may fairly be judged . Nor does the work profess to be a marrow of our literature ...
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... SONG - WRITERS ... ' TAYIS BANK ' SIR EDWARD DYER ' PEBLIS TO THE PLAY ' NICHOLAS BRETON ' CHRYSTIS KIRK ' EDWARD DE VERE JOHN MAJOR THOMAS WATSON HECTOR BOECE ... HENRY CONSTABLE THE SCOTS WYCLIFITE NEW TESTAMENT ' THE COMPLAYNT OF ...
... SONG - WRITERS ... ' TAYIS BANK ' SIR EDWARD DYER ' PEBLIS TO THE PLAY ' NICHOLAS BRETON ' CHRYSTIS KIRK ' EDWARD DE VERE JOHN MAJOR THOMAS WATSON HECTOR BOECE ... HENRY CONSTABLE THE SCOTS WYCLIFITE NEW TESTAMENT ' THE COMPLAYNT OF ...
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... songs . In these lays of religion , of war and agriculture , English poetry began in the ancient Engle - land while ... song . The Charm for Bewitched Land contains pure heathen lines such as : Hail be thou , Earth , mother of men ...
... songs . In these lays of religion , of war and agriculture , English poetry began in the ancient Engle - land while ... song . The Charm for Bewitched Land contains pure heathen lines such as : Hail be thou , Earth , mother of men ...
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... song , and it is probable that the writing of it in England is to be traced to the influence on Northumbria and Mercia of the Celtic poets . But I also believe - and the fact that the form of the English Nature - poetry of this time is ...
... song , and it is probable that the writing of it in England is to be traced to the influence on Northumbria and Mercia of the Celtic poets . But I also believe - and the fact that the form of the English Nature - poetry of this time is ...
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... song . Silent in their dwellings They are sitting , bending forwards . name . Say what is my The Iceberg - Riddle xxxiv . Came a wondrous wight o'er the waves a - faring , Comely from his keel called he to the land . Loudly did he shout ...
... song . Silent in their dwellings They are sitting , bending forwards . name . Say what is my The Iceberg - Riddle xxxiv . Came a wondrous wight o'er the waves a - faring , Comely from his keel called he to the land . Loudly did he shout ...
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