Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature, Volume 1J.B. Lippincott Company, 1902 - American literature |
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... language held its own when , later , Danish kings did rule the land ; it showed its irrepressible vitality during three centuries of depression under Norman - French supremacy , and triumphantly reasserted itself in greater flexibility ...
... language held its own when , later , Danish kings did rule the land ; it showed its irrepressible vitality during three centuries of depression under Norman - French supremacy , and triumphantly reasserted itself in greater flexibility ...
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... language , a literary luxury , a patriotic heirloom ; spiritually , Irishmen have learnt in- comparably more from the great body of English writers than from the ancient Irish bards or story - tellers . Happily there is no risk of ...
... language , a literary luxury , a patriotic heirloom ; spiritually , Irishmen have learnt in- comparably more from the great body of English writers than from the ancient Irish bards or story - tellers . Happily there is no risk of ...
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... language , manners , and poetry . North of the Solway and the Tweed the Brythons also drove their way , but with less force than in our England . They found them- selves among a mixed people of Goidels and Neolithic folk in the Lowlands ...
... language , manners , and poetry . North of the Solway and the Tweed the Brythons also drove their way , but with less force than in our England . They found them- selves among a mixed people of Goidels and Neolithic folk in the Lowlands ...
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... language , but in sentiment and thought . It opens with the fall of the rebel angels already told in Genesis A. Lucifer , ' beauteous in body , mighty of mind , ' seems to himself to be equal with God , and his pride is injured by the ...
... language , but in sentiment and thought . It opens with the fall of the rebel angels already told in Genesis A. Lucifer , ' beauteous in body , mighty of mind , ' seems to himself to be equal with God , and his pride is injured by the ...
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... language of the people . At last the work of Ælfred began to produce its fruit . Æthelwold loved his native tongue ; King Ælfred's books were studied at Abingdon , and his principle - Teach Englishmen in English -was followed and ...
... language of the people . At last the work of Ælfred began to produce its fruit . Æthelwold loved his native tongue ; King Ælfred's books were studied at Abingdon , and his principle - Teach Englishmen in English -was followed and ...
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