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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... the Temple of Renown , I know not who can be chosen to fill the next , if it shall
be denied to Wiclif . " 1 Wiclif died December 30 , 1384 , of a stroke of the palsy ,
continuing to the very end of life to labor with increasing zeal in that holy cause ...
... the Temple of Renown , I know not who can be chosen to fill the next , if it shall
be denied to Wiclif . " 1 Wiclif died December 30 , 1384 , of a stroke of the palsy ,
continuing to the very end of life to labor with increasing zeal in that holy cause ...
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... sufficeth not to salvation of Christian men , without keeping of ceremonies and.
1 For this noble labor , which he completed in 1380 , he received abuse without
measure from the priests . The following is but a mild specimen of papal rage .
... sufficeth not to salvation of Christian men , without keeping of ceremonies and.
1 For this noble labor , which he completed in 1380 , he received abuse without
measure from the priests . The following is but a mild specimen of papal rage .
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... of FATHER OP LETTER - FOUNDING ; and to JOHN FAUST that of
ENERGETIC PATROX , by whose pecuniary aid the wonderful discovery was
brought rapidly to perfection . expense of time and labor , and with an industry 42
[ HENRY VII .
... of FATHER OP LETTER - FOUNDING ; and to JOHN FAUST that of
ENERGETIC PATROX , by whose pecuniary aid the wonderful discovery was
brought rapidly to perfection . expense of time and labor , and with an industry 42
[ HENRY VII .
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expense of time and labor , and with an industry to which all obstacles will ever
give way , made himself complete master of it , as then known . He first employed
himself in translating from French into English , The Recuyelll of the Histories of ...
expense of time and labor , and with an industry to which all obstacles will ever
give way , made himself complete master of it , as then known . He first employed
himself in translating from French into English , The Recuyelll of the Histories of ...
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The husbandmen labor the ground , breed cattle , hew wood , and convey it to
the towns . They also raise a great deal of poultry , and that “ by a marvellous
policy : for the hens do not sit upon the eggs ; but by keeping them in a certain
equal ...
The husbandmen labor the ground , breed cattle , hew wood , and convey it to
the towns . They also raise a great deal of poultry , and that “ by a marvellous
policy : for the hens do not sit upon the eggs ; but by keeping them in a certain
equal ...
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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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