Chamber's Cyclopędia 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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To be born in London carried with it hear of him , in 1367 , as Edward III.'s ' dilectus the use of the dialect which , in the now rapidly valettus ' ( “ well - beloved yeoman ' ) , to whom , in declining vogue of French , was fast ...
To be born in London carried with it hear of him , in 1367 , as Edward III.'s ' dilectus the use of the dialect which , in the now rapidly valettus ' ( “ well - beloved yeoman ' ) , to whom , in declining vogue of French , was fast ...
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Shakespeare , the greatest poet and dramatist not merely of the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras , but of any age or country , was born nearly six years after the accession of Queen Elizabeth . His life extended over fifty - two years ...
Shakespeare , the greatest poet and dramatist not merely of the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras , but of any age or country , was born nearly six years after the accession of Queen Elizabeth . His life extended over fifty - two years ...
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Stanyhurst's nephew , Arch- spun his famous novelette of Inkle and fans bishop Ussher , is a noble representative of Anglo- but Ligon was a broken London merchant of ss Irish Churchmanship , and was also born in Dublin when in 1647 he ...
Stanyhurst's nephew , Arch- spun his famous novelette of Inkle and fans bishop Ussher , is a noble representative of Anglo- but Ligon was a broken London merchant of ss Irish Churchmanship , and was also born in Dublin when in 1647 he ...
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| Title | Chamber's Cyclopędia 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 Chamber's Cyclopędia 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, John Liddell Geddie |
| Author | Robert Chambers |
| Editor | David Patrick |
| Published | 1922 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 2 Sep 2010 |
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