Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature, Volume 1J.B. Lippincott Company, 1902 - American literature |
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... hard reading . British publications mul- tiply by thousands in a year , and American volumes at an almost equal rate . The flood , constantly swelling , threatens to engulf even the strongest swimmer . Year by year the need becomes ...
... hard reading . British publications mul- tiply by thousands in a year , and American volumes at an almost equal rate . The flood , constantly swelling , threatens to engulf even the strongest swimmer . Year by year the need becomes ...
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... hard - and - fast line between what is by right and what is not a part of pure or national literature , and to include only what wholly approves itself before the strictest canons of the higher criticism of the day . The selection was ...
... hard - and - fast line between what is by right and what is not a part of pure or national literature , and to include only what wholly approves itself before the strictest canons of the higher criticism of the day . The selection was ...
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... Hard - edged in our hands ; and against the Hron - fishes We meant to defend us ; nor might Breca from me Far o'er the flood - waves at all float away , Smarter on ocean ; nor would I from him.— There we two together were tossed on the ...
... Hard - edged in our hands ; and against the Hron - fishes We meant to defend us ; nor might Breca from me Far o'er the flood - waves at all float away , Smarter on ocean ; nor would I from him.— There we two together were tossed on the ...
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... Hard the play was there , Interchanging of death - darts , mickle cry of war ! Loud the clang of battle ! With their hands the heroes Drew from sheath their swords ring - hilted , Doughty of the edges . In the camps was clashing Of the ...
... Hard the play was there , Interchanging of death - darts , mickle cry of war ! Loud the clang of battle ! With their hands the heroes Drew from sheath their swords ring - hilted , Doughty of the edges . In the camps was clashing Of the ...
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... hard to understand how the poem can be attributed to any one but Cynewulf . ' Few friends are left me now , ' he says ; they have fared away to their High Father . And I bide here , waiting till He on whose Rood I looked of old shall ...
... hard to understand how the poem can be attributed to any one but Cynewulf . ' Few friends are left me now , ' he says ; they have fared away to their High Father . And I bide here , waiting till He on whose Rood I looked of old shall ...
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