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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... perverseness of our Prelates against the divine and admirable spirit of Wiclif ,
to suppress him as a schismatic or innovator , perhaps neither the Bohemian
Husse and Terome , no , nor the name of Luther or of Calvin , had ever been
known .
... perverseness of our Prelates against the divine and admirable spirit of Wiclif ,
to suppress him as a schismatic or innovator , perhaps neither the Bohemian
Husse and Terome , no , nor the name of Luther or of Calvin , had ever been
known .
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But what gives us the greatest 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
...
But what gives us the greatest 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
...
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Before her appear the various candidates for her favor ; and here the poet has
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 ...
Before her appear the various candidates for her favor ; and here the poet has
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 ...
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The 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 ...
The 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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... his constancy and integrity are not the less objects of our admiration . " More
was a man of true genius , and of a mind enriched with all the learning of his time
, and no one had a greater influence over his contemporaries . He held continued
...
... his constancy and integrity are not the less objects of our admiration . " More
was a man of true genius , and of a mind enriched with all the learning of his time
, and no one had a greater influence over his contemporaries . He held continued
...
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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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