Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature, Volume 1J.B. Lippincott Company, 1902 - American literature |
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... letters to Eng- lish and Welsh kings , to monasteries abroad , are as honourable to him as his letters to the abbesses and nuns , who in those days had learnt Latin , are charming , gay , and tender . His style is swollen , fan- tastic ...
... letters to Eng- lish and Welsh kings , to monasteries abroad , are as honourable to him as his letters to the abbesses and nuns , who in those days had learnt Latin , are charming , gay , and tender . His style is swollen , fan- tastic ...
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... Letter to Egbert , was done in the year of his death , 735. These thirty - five years were thus filled with that learn- ing and teaching and writing in which he had always great delight ; and the little cell at Jarrow , whence he rarely ...
... Letter to Egbert , was done in the year of his death , 735. These thirty - five years were thus filled with that learn- ing and teaching and writing in which he had always great delight ; and the little cell at Jarrow , whence he rarely ...
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... letter of St Augustine's , De Videndo Deo , is added to the Dialogue between St Augustine and his Reason . The English translation of the whole is divided into three dialogues , and the first two are called a ' Collection of Flowers ...
... letter of St Augustine's , De Videndo Deo , is added to the Dialogue between St Augustine and his Reason . The English translation of the whole is divided into three dialogues , and the first two are called a ' Collection of Flowers ...
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... letters . In one thing he was original - in his style . He made a new , a lighter , more musical , more lissome prose . He fitted English to take up the number of new subjects which were soon to engage the interests of the country . We ...
... letters . In one thing he was original - in his style . He made a new , a lighter , more musical , more lissome prose . He fitted English to take up the number of new subjects which were soon to engage the interests of the country . We ...
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Robert Chambers David Patrick. the life of Alexander - the Letters of Alexander to Aristotle from India and the Wonders of the East -were also made , and brought with them the air and the scenery of a new world . They are ... letter Elfric.
Robert Chambers David Patrick. the life of Alexander - the Letters of Alexander to Aristotle from India and the Wonders of the East -were also made , and brought with them the air and the scenery of a new world . They are ... letter Elfric.
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