A Hand-book of English and American Literature: Historical and Critical : with Illustrations of the Writings of Each Successive Period : for the Use of Schools and Academies |
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... young . Their instructions were conveyed in verse , and it required twenty years of study to become conversant with the circle of the sciences they taught . The religious ceremonies of the Druids presented two extreme phases , one ...
... young . Their instructions were conveyed in verse , and it required twenty years of study to become conversant with the circle of the sciences they taught . The religious ceremonies of the Druids presented two extreme phases , one ...
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... young . Their instructions were conveyed in verse , and it required twenty years of study to become conversant with the circle of the sciences they taught . The religious ceremonies of the Druids presented two extreme phases , one ...
... young . Their instructions were conveyed in verse , and it required twenty years of study to become conversant with the circle of the sciences they taught . The religious ceremonies of the Druids presented two extreme phases , one ...
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... nearly half a century after Shakespeare's time . All the female characters were represented by youths and delicate - looking young men . GEORGE PEELE ( 1553–1598 ) was , with Shakespeare , 80 HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE .
... nearly half a century after Shakespeare's time . All the female characters were represented by youths and delicate - looking young men . GEORGE PEELE ( 1553–1598 ) was , with Shakespeare , 80 HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE .
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... young Athenian who visits Italy , and there , reject- ing the wholesome counsel of an old gentleman in Naples , who , " seeing his mirth without measure , yet not without wit , began to bewail his Nurture , and to muse at his Nature ...
... young Athenian who visits Italy , and there , reject- ing the wholesome counsel of an old gentleman in Naples , who , " seeing his mirth without measure , yet not without wit , began to bewail his Nurture , and to muse at his Nature ...
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... first pro- nounced a failure and rejected by the manager of the theatre . Shakespeare , it is said , being present and noticing the disappointment of the young dramatist , asked leave to look at 888 HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE .
... first pro- nounced a failure and rejected by the manager of the theatre . Shakespeare , it is said , being present and noticing the disappointment of the young dramatist , asked leave to look at 888 HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE .
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