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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... written by Henry de Bracton ; and in 1268 Roger Bacon , the Franciscan friar , was writing the Opus Majus , in which and its successors , the Opus Minus and Opus Tertium , he embodied so much of the learning of his time and of his own ...
... written by Henry de Bracton ; and in 1268 Roger Bacon , the Franciscan friar , was writing the Opus Majus , in which and its successors , the Opus Minus and Opus Tertium , he embodied so much of the learning of his time and of his own ...
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... written some at least , which we. second , which is shorter by nearly a fourth , the names appear as ' Laweman the son of Leuca , ' and the language is considerably later . Sir F. Madden asserted that in the first text there were only ...
... written some at least , which we. second , which is shorter by nearly a fourth , the names appear as ' Laweman the son of Leuca , ' and the language is considerably later . Sir F. Madden asserted that in the first text there were only ...
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... written and published between November 1681 and November 1682 ; Religio Laici , religious- philosophical couplets ( 1682 ) ; Threnodia Augus- talis , a Pindaric on the death of Charles II . ( 1685 ) ; The Hind and the Panther , an ...
... written and published between November 1681 and November 1682 ; Religio Laici , religious- philosophical couplets ( 1682 ) ; Threnodia Augus- talis , a Pindaric on the death of Charles II . ( 1685 ) ; The Hind and the Panther , an ...
Contents
HALFHEATHEN POETRY | 7 |
LATIN WRITERS BEFORE ÆLFRED | 16 |
POETRY FROM ALFRED TO THE CONQUEST | 23 |
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