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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... edition is imperatively demanded . | verse ; and ' The Autocrat of the Breakfast- Table ' had made but a few desultory efforts in literature . Howells was an infant , and Henry James was not yet born . A vast proportion of what gives ...
... edition is imperatively demanded . | verse ; and ' The Autocrat of the Breakfast- Table ' had made but a few desultory efforts in literature . Howells was an infant , and Henry James was not yet born . A vast proportion of what gives ...
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... edition of 1587 , several sheets containing matter offensive to the queen and her ministers were mutilated in all but the first impressions ; but the uncastrated text was restored in the excellent edition in six volumes quarto published ...
... edition of 1587 , several sheets containing matter offensive to the queen and her ministers were mutilated in all but the first impressions ; but the uncastrated text was restored in the excellent edition in six volumes quarto published ...
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... edition appeared in 1709. The poet Pope brought out an edition in 1725 , and this was followed in 1733 by the work of Lewis Theobald , who proved himself a masterly emendator . Sir Thomas Hanmer's edition was published in 1744. Bishop ...
... edition appeared in 1709. The poet Pope brought out an edition in 1725 , and this was followed in 1733 by the work of Lewis Theobald , who proved himself a masterly emendator . Sir Thomas Hanmer's edition was published in 1744. Bishop ...
Contents
HALFHEATHEN POETRY | 7 |
LATIN WRITERS BEFORE ÆLFRED | 16 |
POETRY FROM ALFRED TO THE CONQUEST | 23 |
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