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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... probably done by Bishop Wulfstan , who held the see from 1062 to 1095 , and by Colman , his chaplain , who wrote the bishop's life in English . The The Peterborough Annals were only fully edited after the rebuilding of the monastery in ...
... probably done by Bishop Wulfstan , who held the see from 1062 to 1095 , and by Colman , his chaplain , who wrote the bishop's life in English . The The Peterborough Annals were only fully edited after the rebuilding of the monastery in ...
Page 153
... probably a play for boys ; and the same , we may be sure , was the case with an anonymous interlude , Thersites , which local allusions connect clearly with Oxford . Originally composed probably as a Christmas play , this was acted , in ...
... probably a play for boys ; and the same , we may be sure , was the case with an anonymous interlude , Thersites , which local allusions connect clearly with Oxford . Originally composed probably as a Christmas play , this was acted , in ...
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... probably the choir - boys of royal chapels ; the men were in the service of the king , or of some great nobleman , but probably took up acting as a profitable amusement rather than as their main employment . In a suit brought by John ...
... probably the choir - boys of royal chapels ; the men were in the service of the king , or of some great nobleman , but probably took up acting as a profitable amusement rather than as their main employment . In a suit brought by John ...
Contents
HALFHEATHEN POETRY | 7 |
LATIN WRITERS BEFORE ÆLFRED | 16 |
POETRY FROM ALFRED TO THE CONQUEST | 23 |
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