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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... received , I am truly grateful , and have felt that I could return my thanks in no way more suitable than by endeavor . ing to make the second edition ( now to be in a permanent form ) as much better as my experience in the use of the ...
... received , I am truly grateful , and have felt that I could return my thanks in no way more suitable than by endeavor . ing to make the second edition ( now to be in a permanent form ) as much better as my experience in the use of the ...
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... received their song . " It should be " this song ; " and then the song follows , and not in verses as usually printed . The last line but one of Cowper's eulogy on John Bunyan usually reads , " And not with curses on his heart : " it ...
... received their song . " It should be " this song ; " and then the song follows , and not in verses as usually printed . The last line but one of Cowper's eulogy on John Bunyan usually reads , " And not with curses on his heart : " it ...
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... received the rudiments of his education is not known , but at a suitable age he entered the University of Oxford , where he soon distinguished himself , not only in the scholastic philosophy of the times , in which he surpassed all his ...
... received the rudiments of his education is not known , but at a suitable age he entered the University of Oxford , where he soon distinguished himself , not only in the scholastic philosophy of the times , in which he surpassed all his ...
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... received abuse without measure from the priests . The following is but a mild specimen of papal rage . It is from one Henry Knyghton , a contemporary priest . " This master John Wiclif translated out of Latin into English , the Gospel ...
... received abuse without measure from the priests . The following is but a mild specimen of papal rage . It is from one Henry Knyghton , a contemporary priest . " This master John Wiclif translated out of Latin into English , the Gospel ...
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... received from their lady - love , which they wore not only in tilts and tournaments , but even in battle . 9 " Chere " is used by all the old poets for the look , the expression of the countenance . 10 " The clothed holts with green ...
... received from their lady - love , which they wore not only in tilts and tournaments , but even in battle . 9 " Chere " is used by all the old poets for the look , the expression of the countenance . 10 " The clothed holts with green ...
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