Chamber's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of Authors in the English Tongue from the Earliest Times Till the Present Day, with Specimens of Their Writings, Volume 3Chambers, 1922 - English literature |
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Page 180
... England . The stately Homes of England , How beautiful they stand ! Amidst their tall ancestral trees , O'er all the pleasant land . The deer across their greensward bound Through shade and sunny gleam , And the swan glides past them ...
... England . The stately Homes of England , How beautiful they stand ! Amidst their tall ancestral trees , O'er all the pleasant land . The deer across their greensward bound Through shade and sunny gleam , And the swan glides past them ...
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... England , was born at Lee in Kent , 24th November 1821. A delicate child , he was brought up mainly under home influences . Up till the age of eight he hardly knew his letters , and when his parents sent him to school it was on the ...
... England , was born at Lee in Kent , 24th November 1821. A delicate child , he was brought up mainly under home influences . Up till the age of eight he hardly knew his letters , and when his parents sent him to school it was on the ...
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... England ( 1867-68 ) what even in England ranks as an authoritative work . Sir Daniel Wilson , antiquarian and historian , in 1853 , in mid - time of his life , went to Toronto as Professor of History and English Literature . Sir William ...
... England ( 1867-68 ) what even in England ranks as an authoritative work . Sir Daniel Wilson , antiquarian and historian , in 1853 , in mid - time of his life , went to Toronto as Professor of History and English Literature . Sir William ...
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