History of the English Language and Literature [by Robert Chambers]William and Robert Chambers, 1857 - 294 páginas |
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... remarkable that this period produced in Scotland a race of genuine poets , who , in the words of Mr Warton , displayed a degree of sentiment and spirit , a command of phraseology , and a fertility of imagination , not to be found in any ...
... remarkable that this period produced in Scotland a race of genuine poets , who , in the words of Mr Warton , displayed a degree of sentiment and spirit , a command of phraseology , and a fertility of imagination , not to be found in any ...
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... remarkable resemblance between the former of these allegories and Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress , which was written about a century and a half later . Douglas also wrote a translation of the Eneid of Virgil in metre , with an original ...
... remarkable resemblance between the former of these allegories and Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress , which was written about a century and a half later . Douglas also wrote a translation of the Eneid of Virgil in metre , with an original ...
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... remarkable effects . The versions first used , having been formed in some measure from the Latin translation called the Vulgate , contained many words from that lan- guage , which had hardly before been considered as Eng- lish ; such as ...
... remarkable effects . The versions first used , having been formed in some measure from the Latin translation called the Vulgate , contained many words from that lan- guage , which had hardly before been considered as Eng- lish ; such as ...
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... remarkable for its elegance and harmony . Each book is devoted to the adventures of a particular knight , who personifies a certain virtue , as Holiness , Temperance , Courtesy , & c . , and who moves in the midst of a whole host of ...
... remarkable for its elegance and harmony . Each book is devoted to the adventures of a particular knight , who personifies a certain virtue , as Holiness , Temperance , Courtesy , & c . , and who moves in the midst of a whole host of ...
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... remarkable merit , though the power of writing them must have been an agreeable addition to his character as a soldier and a gentleman . Owing to his singular union of accomplishments and ami- able qualities , Sydney was the most ...
... remarkable merit , though the power of writing them must have been an agreeable addition to his character as a soldier and a gentleman . Owing to his singular union of accomplishments and ami- able qualities , Sydney was the most ...
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