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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But , like old friends , their re - appearance , I hope , will be hailed with pleasure .
Besides , I have constantly endeavored to bear in mind a truth , which even those
engaged in education may sometimes forget , that what is well known to us ...
But , like old friends , their re - appearance , I hope , will be hailed with pleasure .
Besides , I have constantly endeavored to bear in mind a truth , which even those
engaged in education may sometimes forget , that what is well known to us ...
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Accordingly , the present stereotyped edition will be found to be considerably
enlarged , and I would hope materially improved . To state all the additions ,
however , would be impracticable in the limits of a preface . I must therefore
confine ...
Accordingly , the present stereotyped edition will be found to be considerably
enlarged , and I would hope materially improved . To state all the additions ,
however , would be impracticable in the limits of a preface . I must therefore
confine ...
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... should another whelm , Where we have fought , and chased oft with darts . The
secret groves , which oft we made resound Of pleasant plaint , and of our ladies '
praise ; Recording soft what grace each one had found , What hope of speed ...
... should another whelm , Where we have fought , and chased oft with darts . The
secret groves , which oft we made resound Of pleasant plaint , and of our ladies '
praise ; Recording soft what grace each one had found , What hope of speed ...
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And they which had least hope in Latin have been most bold in English : when
surely every man that is most ready to talk is not most able to write . He that will
write well in any tongue , must follow this counsel of Aristotle , to speak as the ...
And they which had least hope in Latin have been most bold in English : when
surely every man that is most ready to talk is not most able to write . He that will
write well in any tongue , must follow this counsel of Aristotle , to speak as the ...
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... their minds : Philoclea so bashful , as though her excellencies had stolen into
her before she was aware : so humble , that she will put all pride out of
countenance ; in short , such proceedings as will stir hope , but teach hope good
manners .
... their minds : Philoclea so bashful , as though her excellencies had stolen into
her before she was aware : so humble , that she will put all pride out of
countenance ; in short , such proceedings as will stir hope , but teach hope good
manners .
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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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