Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature, Volume 1J.B. Lippincott Company, 1902 - American literature |
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... given promise of the future Commonwealth of Australia . Sixty years after Dr Chambers and Dr Carruthers addressed themselves to their task , we stand in a new century , and , as regards literature , in a new world . In the new edition ...
... given promise of the future Commonwealth of Australia . Sixty years after Dr Chambers and Dr Carruthers addressed themselves to their task , we stand in a new century , and , as regards literature , in a new world . In the new edition ...
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... given them an autobio- graphical sanction . The representatives of some great writers have both revised the articles and approved the selections made ; Lord Tennyson and Mr Barrett Browning have laid us under this double obligation . To ...
... given them an autobio- graphical sanction . The representatives of some great writers have both revised the articles and approved the selections made ; Lord Tennyson and Mr Barrett Browning have laid us under this double obligation . To ...
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... given . When they had banished the Goidels from about a third part of Britain , the Romans checked their develop- ment for a year or two in 55 B.C. , but did not come again for ninety years . During these ninety years the Brythons ...
... given . When they had banished the Goidels from about a third part of Britain , the Romans checked their develop- ment for a year or two in 55 B.C. , but did not come again for ninety years . During these ninety years the Brythons ...
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... given below.1 1 Geata ær he on bed stige no ic me an here waesmun hnagran talige guth ge weorca thonne grendel hine for than ic hine sweorde swebban nelle aldre beneo tan theah ic eal mage nát he thara goda that he me ongean slea rand ...
... given below.1 1 Geata ær he on bed stige no ic me an here waesmun hnagran talige guth ge weorca thonne grendel hine for than ic hine sweorde swebban nelle aldre beneo tan theah ic eal mage nát he thara goda that he me ongean slea rand ...
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... given to Cynewulf . Both contain passages which tell us a good deal about the arts and crafts of the English , and about various aspects of English scenery . The Gnomic Verses - folk proverbs and maxims , short descriptions of human ...
... given to Cynewulf . Both contain passages which tell us a good deal about the arts and crafts of the English , and about various aspects of English scenery . The Gnomic Verses - folk proverbs and maxims , short descriptions of human ...
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