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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... London , the first who was a lay- man , the first who was connected with the Court . The writers of some of the romances may have possessed all these qualifications , but their work was impersonal and never rose to poetic self ...
... London , the first who was a lay- man , the first who was connected with the Court . The writers of some of the romances may have possessed all these qualifications , but their work was impersonal and never rose to poetic self ...
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... London , with other commissioners , and draw up charges against Arch- bishop Laud . On his return to Scotland in 1642 he was appointed joint - professor of Divinity at Glasgow . In 1643 he was again sent to London as a delegate to the ...
... London , with other commissioners , and draw up charges against Arch- bishop Laud . On his return to Scotland in 1642 he was appointed joint - professor of Divinity at Glasgow . In 1643 he was again sent to London as a delegate to the ...
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... London , Alexander Leighton , who was barbarously treated by the Star Chamber of Charles I. A tract against Catholicism and Episcopacy ( 1624 ) brought the Scots doctor into trouble , and going abroad , he was ordained to the English ...
... London , Alexander Leighton , who was barbarously treated by the Star Chamber of Charles I. A tract against Catholicism and Episcopacy ( 1624 ) brought the Scots doctor into trouble , and going abroad , he was ordained to the English ...
Contents
HALFHEATHEN POETRY | 7 |
LATIN WRITERS BEFORE ÆLFRED | 16 |
POETRY FROM ALFRED TO THE CONQUEST | 23 |
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