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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... wrote when he was ' old and ready for death in my frail tabernacle . ' It is the last of the signed poems . He was now a careful artist . ' I've woven craft of words , ' he says , ' culled them out , sifted night by night my thoughts ...
... wrote when he was ' old and ready for death in my frail tabernacle . ' It is the last of the signed poems . He was now a careful artist . ' I've woven craft of words , ' he says , ' culled them out , sifted night by night my thoughts ...
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... wrote they wrote in Latin . The Celtic Church encouraged the English to shape their thought and feeling in their own tongue ; the Roman Church dis- couraged this ; and the south of England , where Rome was supreme as a teacher , did not ...
... wrote they wrote in Latin . The Celtic Church encouraged the English to shape their thought and feeling in their own tongue ; the Roman Church dis- couraged this ; and the south of England , where Rome was supreme as a teacher , did not ...
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... wrote down , prob- ably from the dictation of the mariners . It is a pleasant scene to look upon . The style of this writing is , as usual , concise , simple , and straight- forward , with a touch of personal pleasure in it . These ...
... wrote down , prob- ably from the dictation of the mariners . It is a pleasant scene to look upon . The style of this writing is , as usual , concise , simple , and straight- forward , with a touch of personal pleasure in it . These ...
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... wrote a sympathetic life of his master , Vita Ethelwoldi , and a Sermo ad Sacerdotes for Wulfstan , Bishop of Worcester , about 1014-16 ; and Wulfstan made him turn it into English . Other homilies , needless to record , he also made ...
... wrote a sympathetic life of his master , Vita Ethelwoldi , and a Sermo ad Sacerdotes for Wulfstan , Bishop of Worcester , about 1014-16 ; and Wulfstan made him turn it into English . Other homilies , needless to record , he also made ...
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... wrote the bishop's life in English . The Peterborough Annals were only fully edited after the rebuilding of the monastery in 1121 . This fine and full edition of the Chronicle was made up out of the Annals of Winchester , Worcester ...
... wrote the bishop's life in English . The Peterborough Annals were only fully edited after the rebuilding of the monastery in 1121 . This fine and full edition of the Chronicle was made up out of the Annals of Winchester , Worcester ...
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