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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8 Wordsworth has thus beautifully expressed this thought :- Wiclif is disinhumed ;
Yea - - his dry bones to ashes are consumed , And flung into the brook that
travels near : Forthwith , that ancient voice which streams can hear ...
8 Wordsworth has thus beautifully expressed this thought :- Wiclif is disinhumed ;
Yea - - his dry bones to ashes are consumed , And flung into the brook that
travels near : Forthwith , that ancient voice which streams can hear ...
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Florent rode sadly on , and came to the castle . A large number of the inmates is
summoned to hear his answer . He named several things of his own
excogitations , but all would not do . Finally , he gives the answer the old woman
directed : it ...
Florent rode sadly on , and came to the castle . A large number of the inmates is
summoned to hear his answer . He named several things of his own
excogitations , but all would not do . Finally , he gives the answer the old woman
directed : it ...
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They wonder much to hear that gold , which in itself is so useless a thing , should
be everywhere so much esteemed , that even man , for whom it was made , and
by whom it has its value , should yet be thought of less value than it is ; so that a ...
They wonder much to hear that gold , which in itself is so useless a thing , should
be everywhere so much esteemed , that even man , for whom it was made , and
by whom it has its value , should yet be thought of less value than it is ; so that a ...
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In Wyatt ' s complaints , we hear a strain of manly grief which commands attention
; and we listen to it with respect , for the sake of him that suffers . Surrey ' s
distress is painted in such natural terms , that we make it our own , and recognise
in ...
In Wyatt ' s complaints , we hear a strain of manly grief which commands attention
; and we listen to it with respect , for the sake of him that suffers . Surrey ' s
distress is painted in such natural terms , that we make it our own , and recognise
in ...
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When master More saw this aged man , he thought it expedient to hear him say
his mind in this matter , ( for being so old a man , it was likely that he knew most of
any man in that presence and company . ) So master More called this old aged ...
When master More saw this aged man , he thought it expedient to hear him say
his mind in this matter , ( for being so old a man , it was likely that he knew most of
any man in that presence and company . ) So master More called this old aged ...
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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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