History of the English Language and Literature [by Robert Chambers]William and Robert Chambers, 1857 - 294 páginas |
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... besides those quoted , the author has been indebted to other writers , whose names , however , from a reluctance to multiply notes , he was induced to omit . CONTENTS . FIRST PERIOD . - From the earliest time iv NOTICE .
... besides those quoted , the author has been indebted to other writers , whose names , however , from a reluctance to multiply notes , he was induced to omit . CONTENTS . FIRST PERIOD . - From the earliest time iv NOTICE .
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Robert Chambers. CONTENTS . FIRST PERIOD . - From the earliest time till the year 1400 , SECOND PERIOD . From 1400 to 1558 , THIRD PERIOD . - The Reigns of Elizabeth , James I. , and Charles I. [ 1558-1649 ] , Poets , Dramatists , Prose ...
Robert Chambers. CONTENTS . FIRST PERIOD . - From the earliest time till the year 1400 , SECOND PERIOD . From 1400 to 1558 , THIRD PERIOD . - The Reigns of Elizabeth , James I. , and Charles I. [ 1558-1649 ] , Poets , Dramatists , Prose ...
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... named Eng- land , and soon drove the original inhabitants into the western and northern parts of the island , where their descendants and language have ever since been found . In FIRST PERIOD -From the earliest time till the year 1400,
... named Eng- land , and soon drove the original inhabitants into the western and northern parts of the island , where their descendants and language have ever since been found . In FIRST PERIOD -From the earliest time till the year 1400,
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... earliest existing specimen of composition in the Saxon tongue is a fragment by Cadmon , a monk of Whitby , who wrote religious poetry in a very sublime strain , in the eighth century , and who , for want of learn- ing , was obliged to ...
... earliest existing specimen of composition in the Saxon tongue is a fragment by Cadmon , a monk of Whitby , who wrote religious poetry in a very sublime strain , in the eighth century , and who , for want of learn- ing , was obliged to ...
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... early part of the fourteenth century , it awakened the ge- nius of Dante and Petrarch , who were the first to pro- duce the sentimental and systematic poetry_which has ever since been so considerable a department of European litera ...
... early part of the fourteenth century , it awakened the ge- nius of Dante and Petrarch , who were the first to pro- duce the sentimental and systematic poetry_which has ever since been so considerable a department of European litera ...
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