Specimens of the Early English Poets, Volumen1Nicol, 1803 - 424 páginas |
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... relate to such different periods , that they are not , strictly speaking , capable of being opposed to each other ; but it is nearly evident that both are exaggerated : Dr. Hickes having probably imagined that he saw traces of a Gothic ...
... relate to such different periods , that they are not , strictly speaking , capable of being opposed to each other ; but it is nearly evident that both are exaggerated : Dr. Hickes having probably imagined that he saw traces of a Gothic ...
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... quest . This is incontestably proved , not only by part of the Saxon Chronicle , which , as it relates the death of King Stephen , must have been written after that event , but by a much more curious composition [ 60 ]
... quest . This is incontestably proved , not only by part of the Saxon Chronicle , which , as it relates the death of King Stephen , must have been written after that event , but by a much more curious composition [ 60 ]
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... relates the events of his own time , will not appear quite uninteresting to those who prefer the simple and desultory narratives of contemporary writers to the philosophical abridgments of the moderns ; and a great part of his obscurity ...
... relates the events of his own time , will not appear quite uninteresting to those who prefer the simple and desultory narratives of contemporary writers to the philosophical abridgments of the moderns ; and a great part of his obscurity ...
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... . Chekere is properly a chess - board . 14 This may possibly refer to tric - trac , or back - gammon ; but casting and setting may also relate to throwing the bar . 15 Other . And which - so of any game had the mastery [ 101 ]
... . Chekere is properly a chess - board . 14 This may possibly refer to tric - trac , or back - gammon ; but casting and setting may also relate to throwing the bar . 15 Other . And which - so of any game had the mastery [ 101 ]
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... relates to our literary history . Our author , speaking of Richard I. says , " Me ne may not all tell here , ac whoso it will " y - wite , " In romance of him y - made me it may find " y - write . " [ p . 487. ] The simple meaning of ...
... relates to our literary history . Our author , speaking of Richard I. says , " Me ne may not all tell here , ac whoso it will " y - wite , " In romance of him y - made me it may find " y - write . " [ p . 487. ] The simple meaning of ...
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