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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Page 183
... James I. - The lustre that surrounded the name of James I. of Scotland has of recent years been somewhat shorn of its brightness . With the real facts of his reign before us , it is now impossible to regard him as a king after the model ...
... James I. - The lustre that surrounded the name of James I. of Scotland has of recent years been somewhat shorn of its brightness . With the real facts of his reign before us , it is now impossible to regard him as a king after the model ...
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... James . The case against James may be briefly stated the copyist of the only manuscript which exists errs in assigning certain poems to Chaucer , and he may also err in the case of James ; the references of the early Scottish historians ...
... James . The case against James may be briefly stated the copyist of the only manuscript which exists errs in assigning certain poems to Chaucer , and he may also err in the case of James ; the references of the early Scottish historians ...
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... James Dalrymple , a monk of the monastery of St James at Ratisbon ; the translation being edited for the Scottish Text Society in 1885-95 . Leslie's History is wooden on the whole compared with Pitscottie , though it has its merits ...
... James Dalrymple , a monk of the monastery of St James at Ratisbon ; the translation being edited for the Scottish Text Society in 1885-95 . Leslie's History is wooden on the whole compared with Pitscottie , though it has its merits ...
Contents
HALFHEATHEN POETRY | 7 |
LATIN WRITERS BEFORE ÆLFRED | 16 |
POETRY FROM ALFRED TO THE CONQUEST | 23 |
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