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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He learning ; and Ecgwin , Bishop of Worcester , is is the master of the time , and his books became said to be our first autobiographer . The Life of St not only the sources of English , but of European Guthlac , written by Felix ...
He learning ; and Ecgwin , Bishop of Worcester , is is the master of the time , and his books became said to be our first autobiographer . The Life of St not only the sources of English , but of European Guthlac , written by Felix ...
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A little learning may have Gospel of St John , and that almost his last speech crept on in York , for the town was not destroyed , was the making of a few English verses , for , and it again flourished under Danish rule .
A little learning may have Gospel of St John , and that almost his last speech crept on in York , for the town was not destroyed , was the making of a few English verses , for , and it again flourished under Danish rule .
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But under favour this word learning is taken in a narrower sense among us than among other nations ; we seem to restrain it only to the book ; whereas , indeed , any artisan whatsoever ( if he know the secret and mystery of his trade ) ...
But under favour this word learning is taken in a narrower sense among us than among other nations ; we seem to restrain it only to the book ; whereas , indeed , any artisan whatsoever ( if he know the secret and mystery of his trade ) ...
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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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