Sketches of English Literature from the Fourteenth to the Present CenturyLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852 - 404 pàgines |
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... noble Minster , but by its pos- sessing a public library of any kind . It is true that even from the early part of the sixteenth century it had a great advantage in its admirable school , which was founded by the illustrious Mar- garet ...
... noble Minster , but by its pos- sessing a public library of any kind . It is true that even from the early part of the sixteenth century it had a great advantage in its admirable school , which was founded by the illustrious Mar- garet ...
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... noble crusade when they set about rescuing the long - imprisoned and almost forgotten worthies of classic antiquity . No country can be said to have a national lite- rature so long as their writers choose a foreign language as the ...
... noble crusade when they set about rescuing the long - imprisoned and almost forgotten worthies of classic antiquity . No country can be said to have a national lite- rature so long as their writers choose a foreign language as the ...
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... been the subject of dispute . Four bio- graphers give different testimonies . Speght asserts his father was a vintner , Hearne that he was a merchant , Leland that he was of noble stock , 22 SKETCHES OF ENGLISH LITERATURE .
... been the subject of dispute . Four bio- graphers give different testimonies . Speght asserts his father was a vintner , Hearne that he was a merchant , Leland that he was of noble stock , 22 SKETCHES OF ENGLISH LITERATURE .
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Clara Lucas Balfour. merchant , Leland that he was of noble stock , and Pitts that his father was a knight . Whether de- scended from peer or peasant , we may be sure he was well born in the best sense - endowed with nature's richest ...
Clara Lucas Balfour. merchant , Leland that he was of noble stock , and Pitts that his father was a knight . Whether de- scended from peer or peasant , we may be sure he was well born in the best sense - endowed with nature's richest ...
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... noble thoughts and pleasant fancies to weave into our literature , in particular that narrative of the patience of woman , the story of Griselda , which his genius ultimately made so popular , despite the improbability and extravagance ...
... noble thoughts and pleasant fancies to weave into our literature , in particular that narrative of the patience of woman , the story of Griselda , which his genius ultimately made so popular , despite the improbability and extravagance ...
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