A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John Mandeville to William Cowper : Consisting of Biographical Sketches of the Authors, Selections from Their Works, with Notes, Explanatory, Illustrative, and Directing to the Best Editions and to Various Criticisms : Designed as a Text-book for the Higher Classes in Schools and for Junior Classes in Colleges, as Well as for Private Reading |
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In 1834 , very soon after I opened my School for Young Ladies in this city , I felt
greatly the want of a book to give my first or “ finishing ' > lass a knowledge of the
best British Poets and Prose writers , arranged in a chronological order , to show
...
In 1834 , very soon after I opened my School for Young Ladies in this city , I felt
greatly the want of a book to give my first or “ finishing ' > lass a knowledge of the
best British Poets and Prose writers , arranged in a chronological order , to show
...
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... Lady Elizabeth Carey , John Fletcher , John Donne , Michael Drayton , George
Herbert , Gervase Markham , William Ha . bington , Richard Lovelace , Catherine
Philips , Sir William Davenant , Margaret Duchess of Newcastle , Edward Hyde ...
... Lady Elizabeth Carey , John Fletcher , John Donne , Michael Drayton , George
Herbert , Gervase Markham , William Ha . bington , Richard Lovelace , Catherine
Philips , Sir William Davenant , Margaret Duchess of Newcastle , Edward Hyde ...
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... Expects Lady Hesketh , & c . , " “ Translation of Homer , & c . , " all additional .
Such are the most important additions and alterations which have been made in
the second edition . But there is hardly an author that remains precisely as before
.
... Expects Lady Hesketh , & c . , " “ Translation of Homer , & c . , " all additional .
Such are the most important additions and alterations which have been made in
the second edition . But there is hardly an author that remains precisely as before
.
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MONTAGU , LADY MARY 532 TilloTSON , JOHN . . MORE , THOMAS . . . 47
TOLLET , ELIZABETH . NEWCASTLE , DUCHESS OF . 236 TYNDALE , WILLIAM
. OVERBURY , THOMAS . . . 125 VAUGHAN , HENRY . PARNELL , THOMAS .
MONTAGU , LADY MARY 532 TilloTSON , JOHN . . MORE , THOMAS . . . 47
TOLLET , ELIZABETH . NEWCASTLE , DUCHESS OF . 236 TYNDALE , WILLIAM
. OVERBURY , THOMAS . . . 125 VAUGHAN , HENRY . PARNELL , THOMAS .
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Paraphrase of the same , HENRY HOWARD , EARL OF SURREY Prisoner in
Windsor . . . . . . Dr . Nott ' s Comparison between Surrey and Wyatt , ( note ) . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . The Frailty of Beauty . . . . . . . . . . . . . In Praise of his Lady - love .
Paraphrase of the same , HENRY HOWARD , EARL OF SURREY Prisoner in
Windsor . . . . . . Dr . Nott ' s Comparison between Surrey and Wyatt , ( note ) . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . The Frailty of Beauty . . . . . . . . . . . . . In Praise of his Lady - love .
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| Title | A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John Mandeville to William Cowper : Consisting of Biographical Sketches of the Authors, Selections from Their Works, with Notes, Explanatory, Illustrative, and Directing to the Best Editions and to Various Criticisms ... |
| Author | Charles Dexter Cleveland |
| Publisher | E.C. and J. Biddle, 1852 |
| Length | 776 pages |
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