Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature, Volume 1J.B. Lippincott Company, 1902 - American literature |
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... lived by hunt- ing , could make fires and gar- ments of skin , and dwelt in caves . These Palæo- lithic people were succeeded by , or developed into , a Neolithic race whose weapons , still of stone , were now highly polished and ...
... lived by hunt- ing , could make fires and gar- ments of skin , and dwelt in caves . These Palæo- lithic people were succeeded by , or developed into , a Neolithic race whose weapons , still of stone , were now highly polished and ...
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... lived on , and developed in freedom . When the Arthurian legend , which probably began among the northern Cymry ( and the first records of which are to be found embedded in the compilation which goes under the name of Nennius - the ...
... lived on , and developed in freedom . When the Arthurian legend , which probably began among the northern Cymry ( and the first records of which are to be found embedded in the compilation which goes under the name of Nennius - the ...
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... lived along the coast , and in their marshy settle- ments fought on their western shores a fierce battle with the encroaching sea ; but nature was not so rough with them on the eastern coasts of Denmark . They had the expansive spirit ...
... lived along the coast , and in their marshy settle- ments fought on their western shores a fierce battle with the encroaching sea ; but nature was not so rough with them on the eastern coasts of Denmark . They had the expansive spirit ...
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... lived the wild life of a young poet ; so that , when looking back on his youth , he thinks of himself as stained with many sins . Then the scenery of his life changed . Some heavy misfortune fell on him , and he tells us then that his ...
... lived the wild life of a young poet ; so that , when looking back on his youth , he thinks of himself as stained with many sins . Then the scenery of his life changed . Some heavy misfortune fell on him , and he tells us then that his ...
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... lived , and after my life to leave to men who should come after me my memory in good deeds . ( From the De Consolatione Philosophia . ) Alfred's Preface to the ' De Consolatione . ' King Elfred was the translator of this book , and ...
... lived , and after my life to leave to men who should come after me my memory in good deeds . ( From the De Consolatione Philosophia . ) Alfred's Preface to the ' De Consolatione . ' King Elfred was the translator of this book , and ...
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