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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... for I should hope that my own work would give the reader a greater longing to
extend his inquiries into the same most interesting subject - one so rich in every
thing that can refine the taste , enlarge the understanding , and improve the heart
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... for I should hope that my own work would give the reader a greater longing to
extend his inquiries into the same most interesting subject - one so rich in every
thing that can refine the taste , enlarge the understanding , and improve the heart
.
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141 Fame to be kept bright by Activity . . . 141 The Commonwealth of Bees . . . . . .
. . . . 142 ROBERT SOUTHWELL . . . . . . The Power of Truth , Bryant , ( note ) . . 89
Times go by Turns . . . . . . Scorn not the Least . . . . . . . . . . . . Content and Rich .
141 Fame to be kept bright by Activity . . . 141 The Commonwealth of Bees . . . . . .
. . . . 142 ROBERT SOUTHWELL . . . . . . The Power of Truth , Bryant , ( note ) . . 89
Times go by Turns . . . . . . Scorn not the Least . . . . . . . . . . . . Content and Rich .
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334 Theological Controversies . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 OWEN FELLTHAM . . . . . We
are Happy or Miserable by Comparison . . . . . . . . . . On Prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . Of
Faith and Works . . . . . Sedulity and Diligence . . . . . . . . . Content makes Rich .
334 Theological Controversies . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 OWEN FELLTHAM . . . . . We
are Happy or Miserable by Comparison . . . . . . . . . . On Prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . Of
Faith and Works . . . . . Sedulity and Diligence . . . . . . . . . Content makes Rich .
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Emulation . . . . 550 Character of Pompey . . . . . . . . . . . . 492 Temperance . . . 550
Anger . . . . . . . 551 HENRY ST . JOHN ( BOLINGBR 494 Woman . . . . . . . 552
Absurdities of Useless Learning . . . . . . Rich and Poor . . . . . . . 553 The Use of
History ...
Emulation . . . . 550 Character of Pompey . . . . . . . . . . . . 492 Temperance . . . 550
Anger . . . . . . . 551 HENRY ST . JOHN ( BOLINGBR 494 Woman . . . . . . . 552
Absurdities of Useless Learning . . . . . . Rich and Poor . . . . . . . 553 The Use of
History ...
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... Nor was nought worldly to have an office For him was levers have at his bed ' s
head Twenty bookes clothéd in black or red Of Aristotle and his philosophy ,
Than robés rich , or fiddle or psaltry : But all be that he was a philosopher Yet
hadde ...
... Nor was nought worldly to have an office For him was levers have at his bed ' s
head Twenty bookes clothéd in black or red Of Aristotle and his philosophy ,
Than robés rich , or fiddle or psaltry : But all be that he was a philosopher Yet
hadde ...
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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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