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 59
... passages ( notably the famous apologue of the ' Mice who would bell the Cat ' ) , suited to the reign in which he was now writing , or embodying new ideas . In this second form there are ten new books , or passus , concerning Do - well ...
... passages ( notably the famous apologue of the ' Mice who would bell the Cat ' ) , suited to the reign in which he was now writing , or embodying new ideas . In this second form there are ten new books , or passus , concerning Do - well ...
Page 469
... passages the verse is so irregular - through the introduction of redundant syllables ( in all parts of the line ) — as to be barely distinguishable from prose . The metrical arrangement in the seventeenth - century editions is very ...
... passages the verse is so irregular - through the introduction of redundant syllables ( in all parts of the line ) — as to be barely distinguishable from prose . The metrical arrangement in the seventeenth - century editions is very ...
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... passages he cited from these authors were , very many of them at least , not in the actual works named , which had been fraudulently garbled for his own purposes by the malevolent critic . Lauder had himself as he ultimately confessed ...
... passages he cited from these authors were , very many of them at least , not in the actual works named , which had been fraudulently garbled for his own purposes by the malevolent critic . Lauder had himself as he ultimately confessed ...
Contents
HALFHEATHEN POETRY | 7 |
LATIN WRITERS BEFORE ÆLFRED | 16 |
POETRY FROM ALFRED TO THE CONQUEST | 23 |
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