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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This master John Wiclif translated out of Latin into English , the Gospel which
Christ had intrusted with the clergy and doctors of the church , that they might
minister it to the laity and weaker sort , according to the exigency of times and
their ...
This master John Wiclif translated out of Latin into English , the Gospel which
Christ had intrusted with the clergy and doctors of the church , that they might
minister it to the laity and weaker sort , according to the exigency of times and
their ...
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In consideration of his integrity and good behavior , his master bequeathed him a
small sum of money as a capital with which to trade . He was soon chosen by the
Mercer ' s Company to be their agent in Holland and Flanders , in which ...
In consideration of his integrity and good behavior , his master bequeathed him a
small sum of money as a capital with which to trade . He was soon chosen by the
Mercer ' s Company to be their agent in Holland and Flanders , in which ...
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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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Howbeit , if we have more now than ye shall need , and which can get them other
masters , ye may then discharge us of them . But I would not that any man were
suddenly sent away , he wot not whither . At my coming hither , I perceived none
...
Howbeit , if we have more now than ye shall need , and which can get them other
masters , ye may then discharge us of them . But I would not that any man were
suddenly sent away , he wot not whither . At my coming hither , I perceived none
...
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And marke ' s A Certayne Lawere stode yp ' and tempted hym sayinge : Master
what shall I do ' to inheret eternall lyfe ? He sayd ynto him : What ys written in the
lawe ? Howe redest thou ? And he answered and sayde : Thou shalt love thy ...
And marke ' s A Certayne Lawere stode yp ' and tempted hym sayinge : Master
what shall I do ' to inheret eternall lyfe ? He sayd ynto him : What ys written in the
lawe ? Howe redest thou ? And he answered and sayde : Thou shalt love thy ...
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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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