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 1 |
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... HENRY SPELMAN ... SIR JOHN HAYWARD SIR ROBERT BRUCE COTTON ... RICHARD KNOLLES ' COCKELBIES Sow ' ... ... SIR PAUL ... HENRY CONSTABLE JOHN BELLENDEN ... THE SCOTS WYCLIFITE NEW TESTAMENT THE COMPLAYNT OF SCOTLANDE ' THE GUDE And Godlie ...
... HENRY SPELMAN ... SIR JOHN HAYWARD SIR ROBERT BRUCE COTTON ... RICHARD KNOLLES ' COCKELBIES Sow ' ... ... SIR PAUL ... HENRY CONSTABLE JOHN BELLENDEN ... THE SCOTS WYCLIFITE NEW TESTAMENT THE COMPLAYNT OF SCOTLANDE ' THE GUDE And Godlie ...
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... Henry Percy , Earl of Northumberland . At the instiga- tion of Henry VII.'s mother , the Lady Margaret , he made a new translation ( Lydgate had already produced one ) of Guillaume de Deguilleville's Pèlerinage de la Vie Humaine ; but ...
... Henry Percy , Earl of Northumberland . At the instiga- tion of Henry VII.'s mother , the Lady Margaret , he made a new translation ( Lydgate had already produced one ) of Guillaume de Deguilleville's Pèlerinage de la Vie Humaine ; but ...
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... Henry VI . - were versions of other men's works which he had revised . They mainly treat of the civil wars in progress during the reign of the politically weak and superstitious king , Henry VI . On March 3 , 1592 , Henry VI . , the ...
... Henry VI . - were versions of other men's works which he had revised . They mainly treat of the civil wars in progress during the reign of the politically weak and superstitious king , Henry VI . On March 3 , 1592 , Henry VI . , the ...
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HALFHEATHEN POETRY | 7 |
LATIN WRITERS BEFORE ÆLFRED | 16 |
POETRY FROM ALFRED TO THE CONQUEST | 23 |
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