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... prose and verse , a Edinburgh , but had not published his Lays chrestomathy of purple patches , a collection . or begun his History . The reputation Carlyle of elegant extracts . The acknowledged gem had made by the French Revolution ...
... prose and verse , a Edinburgh , but had not published his Lays chrestomathy of purple patches , a collection . or begun his History . The reputation Carlyle of elegant extracts . The acknowledged gem had made by the French Revolution ...
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... PROSE WRITERS HALF - HEATHEN POETRY 7 THOMAS USK CÆDMON AND THE CHRISTIAN POETRY CYNEWULF LATIN WRITERS BEFORE ELFRED ... 212 SIR JOHN MANDEVILLE ... JOHN OF TREVISA 16 . BÆDA ... ELFRED . 18 JOHN WYCLIF THE BIBLE ... 19 NICHOLAS ...
... PROSE WRITERS HALF - HEATHEN POETRY 7 THOMAS USK CÆDMON AND THE CHRISTIAN POETRY CYNEWULF LATIN WRITERS BEFORE ELFRED ... 212 SIR JOHN MANDEVILLE ... JOHN OF TREVISA 16 . BÆDA ... ELFRED . 18 JOHN WYCLIF THE BIBLE ... 19 NICHOLAS ...
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... PROSE STEPHEN GOSSON ROBERT HENRYSON GEORGE PUTTENHAM WILLIAM DUNBAR WILLIAM CAMDEN WALTER KENNEDY JOHN SPEED GAVIN DOUGLAS SIR HENRY SPELMAN ... SIR DAVID LYNDSAY SIR JOHN HAYWARD MINOR POETS AND ANONYMOUS PIECES SIR ROBERT BRUCE ...
... PROSE STEPHEN GOSSON ROBERT HENRYSON GEORGE PUTTENHAM WILLIAM DUNBAR WILLIAM CAMDEN WALTER KENNEDY JOHN SPEED GAVIN DOUGLAS SIR HENRY SPELMAN ... SIR DAVID LYNDSAY SIR JOHN HAYWARD MINOR POETS AND ANONYMOUS PIECES SIR ROBERT BRUCE ...
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Robert Chambers David Patrick. influence on the poetry and prose of England . That influence was sometimes great , as at ... prose in which they embodied their myths and the legends of their ancestral heroes . Four great bards are said to ...
Robert Chambers David Patrick. influence on the poetry and prose of England . That influence was sometimes great , as at ... prose in which they embodied their myths and the legends of their ancestral heroes . Four great bards are said to ...
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... prose trea- tise De laudibus Virgini- tatis . His Latin Riddles sent to Aldfrith of Nor- thumbria were used by Cynewulf . His corre- spondence was extensive , and the letters to Eng- lish and Welsh kings , to monasteries abroad , are as ...
... prose trea- tise De laudibus Virgini- tatis . His Latin Riddles sent to Aldfrith of Nor- thumbria were used by Cynewulf . His corre- spondence was extensive , and the letters to Eng- lish and Welsh kings , to monasteries abroad , are as ...
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