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 language , therefore , is such as our ancestors used more than three
centuries ago , and it is here given not only as a curiosity , but from the belief that
it will be read with more satisfaction , and convey a much better idea of the
progress ...
The language , therefore , is such as our ancestors used more than three
centuries ago , and it is here given not only as a curiosity , but from the belief that
it will be read with more satisfaction , and convey a much better idea of the
progress ...
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given to the English nation the first translation of the entire Scriptures in their
mother tongue , which he made , however , not from the original languages , but
from the Latin Vulgate . The following are his reasons for this great undertaking ...
given to the English nation the first translation of the entire Scriptures in their
mother tongue , which he made , however , not from the original languages , but
from the Latin Vulgate . The following are his reasons for this great undertaking ...
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Warton , with great beauty and justice , has compared the appearance of
Chaucer in our language to “ a premature day in an English spring , after which
the gloom of winter returns , and the buds and blossoms which have been called
forth by ...
Warton , with great beauty and justice , has compared the appearance of
Chaucer in our language to “ a premature day in an English spring , after which
the gloom of winter returns , and the buds and blossoms which have been called
forth by ...
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In these respects he resembled Chaucer , but he has little of his spirit ,
imagination , or elegance . His language is tolerably perspicuous , and his
versification often harmonious , but his poetry is of a grave and sententious turn .
He has much ...
In these respects he resembled Chaucer , but he has little of his spirit ,
imagination , or elegance . His language is tolerably perspicuous , and his
versification often harmonious , but his poetry is of a grave and sententious turn .
He has much ...
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He first employed himself in translating from French into English , The Recuyelll
of the Histories of Troye , which was published at Cologne , 1471 , and is the first
book ever printed in the English language . The next year Caxton returned to ...
He first employed himself in translating from French into English , The Recuyelll
of the Histories of Troye , which was published at Cologne , 1471 , and is the first
book ever printed in the English language . The next year Caxton returned to ...
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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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