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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The previous account of the Utopia was too meagre to give a correct idea of it ;
and there were some points in the author ' s life that deserved to be brought out ,
to do justice to his character . - Marlow . The beautiful song , “ The Passionate ...
The previous account of the Utopia was too meagre to give a correct idea of it ;
and there were some points in the author ' s life that deserved to be brought out ,
to do justice to his character . - Marlow . The beautiful song , “ The Passionate ...
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That he has told many ridiculous stories is no doubt true ; but such he generally
prefaces with “ thei seyn , " or " men seyn but I have not sene it . ” But if we charge
these against him , we must also give him credit for those accounts which , for a ...
That he has told many ridiculous stories is no doubt true ; but such he generally
prefaces with “ thei seyn , " or " men seyn but I have not sene it . ” But if we charge
these against him , we must also give him credit for those accounts which , for a ...
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As many of the words in Barbour are now obsolete , we will give but one
quotation from his heroic poem . After the painful description of the slavery to
which Scotland was reduced by Edward I . , he breaks out in the following noble
Apostrophe ...
As many of the words in Barbour are now obsolete , we will give but one
quotation from his heroic poem . After the painful description of the slavery to
which Scotland was reduced by Edward I . , he breaks out in the following noble
Apostrophe ...
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While in Italy he became acquainted with Petrarch , and probably with Boccacio ,
whose works enriched his mind with fresh stores of learning Freedom all solace
to man gives ; He lives at ease that freely lives . A noble heart may have no ease
...
While in Italy he became acquainted with Petrarch , and probably with Boccacio ,
whose works enriched his mind with fresh stores of learning Freedom all solace
to man gives ; He lives at ease that freely lives . A noble heart may have no ease
...
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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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