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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1 “ In all stages of society , those unquestionably deserve the highest praise ,
who outstep the rest of their contemporaries ; who rise up in solitary majesty
amidst a host of prejudices and errors , combating intrepidly on one side , though
...
1 “ In all stages of society , those unquestionably deserve the highest praise ,
who outstep the rest of their contemporaries ; who rise up in solitary majesty
amidst a host of prejudices and errors , combating intrepidly on one side , though
...
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In air self - balanced hung the globe below , Where mountains rise , and circling
oceans flow ; Here naked rocks and empty wastes are seen , There tow ' ry cities ,
and the forests green ; Here sailing ships delight the wand ' ring eyes ; There ...
In air self - balanced hung the globe below , Where mountains rise , and circling
oceans flow ; Here naked rocks and empty wastes are seen , There tow ' ry cities ,
and the forests green ; Here sailing ships delight the wand ' ring eyes ; There ...
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The longe dayes and the nightis eke I would bewail my fortune in this wise ; For
which again ? distress comfort to seek , My custom was on mornis for to rise Early
as day : 0 happy exercise ! By thee come I to joy out of tormént ; But now to ...
The longe dayes and the nightis eke I would bewail my fortune in this wise ; For
which again ? distress comfort to seek , My custom was on mornis for to rise Early
as day : 0 happy exercise ! By thee come I to joy out of tormént ; But now to ...
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Ye rise for religion . What religion taught you that ? If ye were offered persecution
for religion , ye ought to flee . So Christ teacheth you , and yet you intend to fight .
If ye would stand in the truth , ye ought to suffer like martyrs ; and ye would slay ...
Ye rise for religion . What religion taught you that ? If ye were offered persecution
for religion , ye ought to flee . So Christ teacheth you , and yet you intend to fight .
If ye would stand in the truth , ye ought to suffer like martyrs ; and ye would slay ...
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How much is to be given to the authority either of Aristotle or Tully , I cannot tell ;
this I am sure , which thing this fair wheat ( God save it ) maketh me remember ,
that those husbandmen which rise earliest , and come latest home , and are ...
How much is to be given to the authority either of Aristotle or Tully , I cannot tell ;
this I am sure , which thing this fair wheat ( God save it ) maketh me remember ,
that those husbandmen which rise earliest , and come latest home , and are ...
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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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