History of the English Language and Literature [by Robert Chambers]William and Robert Chambers, 1857 - 294 páginas |
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... persons the rudiments of useful knowledge . It will be suitable to the more advanced classes in English academies , and serve as a text - book for those lectures on English literature , which are now given in so many insti- tutions for ...
... persons the rudiments of useful knowledge . It will be suitable to the more advanced classes in English academies , and serve as a text - book for those lectures on English literature , which are now given in so many insti- tutions for ...
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... persons of rank , became at the same time the employment of a famous set of men called MINSTRELS , some of whom were also poets . But the best part of the intellect of the country , was still employed in learned compositions in Latin ...
... persons of rank , became at the same time the employment of a famous set of men called MINSTRELS , some of whom were also poets . But the best part of the intellect of the country , was still employed in learned compositions in Latin ...
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... persons and the characters of the various pilgrims , who are nearly thirty in number . These characteristic sketches are in themselves allowed to display uncommon talent , so distinct is every one from the other , and so vividly are all ...
... persons and the characters of the various pilgrims , who are nearly thirty in number . These characteristic sketches are in themselves allowed to display uncommon talent , so distinct is every one from the other , and so vividly are all ...
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... persons of the upper ranks in the art of versification ; a fact which proves that poetry had become a favourite study among the few who acquired any tincture of letters in that age . Not long after the time of Lydgate , our attention is ...
... persons of the upper ranks in the art of versification ; a fact which proves that poetry had become a favourite study among the few who acquired any tincture of letters in that age . Not long after the time of Lydgate , our attention is ...
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... dialogues , supported by allegorical characters . The miscellaneous poems of Daniel were in general so applicable only to the persons and circumstances of his own age , that they have fallen almost entirely out of notice . Yet he.
... dialogues , supported by allegorical characters . The miscellaneous poems of Daniel were in general so applicable only to the persons and circumstances of his own age , that they have fallen almost entirely out of notice . Yet he.
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