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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... admirable spirit of Wiclif , to suppress him as a schis- matic or innovator , perhaps neither the Bohemian Husse and Jerome , no , nor the name of Luther or of Calvin , had ever been known . " And Milton is undoubtedly right . Far be it ...
... admirable spirit of Wiclif , to suppress him as a schis- matic or innovator , perhaps neither the Bohemian Husse and Jerome , no , nor the name of Luther or of Calvin , had ever been known . " And Milton is undoubtedly right . Far be it ...
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... admiration of the poet , is the astonishing skill with which he has supported his characters , and the exquisite address that he has shown in adapting his stories to the different humors , sentiments , and talents of the re- citers . He ...
... admiration of the poet , is the astonishing skill with which he has supported his characters , and the exquisite address that he has shown in adapting his stories to the different humors , sentiments , and talents of the re- citers . He ...
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... admirably improved the wide field before him in describing the capricious judgment of the fickle deity in awarding her favors . Pope , in his " Temple of Fame , " has imitated Chaucer to a considerable extent , as may be seen by ...
... admirably improved the wide field before him in describing the capricious judgment of the fickle deity in awarding her favors . Pope , in his " Temple of Fame , " has imitated Chaucer to a considerable extent , as may be seen by ...
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... admiration of strangers and the consciousness of his own talents only rendered his situation more irksome , and he had begun to abandon himself to despair , when he was fortunately consoled for his seclusion at Windsor Castle by a ...
... admiration of strangers and the consciousness of his own talents only rendered his situation more irksome , and he had begun to abandon himself to despair , when he was fortunately consoled for his seclusion at Windsor Castle by a ...
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... admiration . " More was a man of true genius , and of a mind enriched with all the learn ing of his time , and no one had a greater influence over his contemporaries . He held continued correspondence with the learned men of Europe ...
... admiration . " More was a man of true genius , and of a mind enriched with all the learn ing of his time , and no one had a greater influence over his contemporaries . He held continued correspondence with the learned men of Europe ...
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