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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201 Palace of the Fairies : Queen Mab ' s A Red - breast coming into his
Chamber 202 Chariot , and her Journey . . . . . . . . 170 Hearing Music by Night . . .
. . . . . . 202 The Sight of a great Library . 202 BEN JONSON . . . . . . . . . . . 172 The
Happy ...
201 Palace of the Fairies : Queen Mab ' s A Red - breast coming into his
Chamber 202 Chariot , and her Journey . . . . . . . . 170 Hearing Music by Night . . .
. . . . . . 202 The Sight of a great Library . 202 BEN JONSON . . . . . . . . . . . 172 The
Happy ...
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705 The Cotter ' s Saturday Night . . . . . . . . . 706 WILLIAM PITT , EARL OF
CHATHAM 639 Man was made to Mourn . . . . . . . . . . . . 710 Study of the Classics
recommended . , 610 General Advice to the Youthful Stu EDMUND BURKE .
705 The Cotter ' s Saturday Night . . . . . . . . . 706 WILLIAM PITT , EARL OF
CHATHAM 639 Man was made to Mourn . . . . . . . . . . . . 710 Study of the Classics
recommended . , 610 General Advice to the Youthful Stu EDMUND BURKE .
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We must ever bear in mind that he was two hundred years before him , and that
he lived in a darker night of ignorance , and when the papal power was in its
fullest strength . Wiclif , too , stood comparatively alone ; for though countenanced
by ...
We must ever bear in mind that he was two hundred years before him , and that
he lived in a darker night of ignorance , and when the papal power was in its
fullest strength . Wiclif , too , stood comparatively alone ; for though countenanced
by ...
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Befell that in that season on a day , In Southwark at the Tabard 1 as I lay , Ready
to wenden ? on my pilgrimage To Canterbury with devout courage ; At night was
come into that hostelry Well nine - and - twenty in a company Of sundry folk , by ...
Befell that in that season on a day , In Southwark at the Tabard 1 as I lay , Ready
to wenden ? on my pilgrimage To Canterbury with devout courage ; At night was
come into that hostelry Well nine - and - twenty in a company Of sundry folk , by ...
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In ragges as she was to - tore He set her on his horse to - fore , and riding thror
gh all the lanes and by - ways , that no one might see him , he arrives , by design
, at the castle by night . He then calls one or two of his trusty friends , and tells ...
In ragges as she was to - tore He set her on his horse to - fore , and riding thror
gh all the lanes and by - ways , that no one might see him , he arrives , by design
, at the castle by night . He then calls one or two of his trusty friends , and tells ...
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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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