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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... perverseness of our Prelates against the divine and admirable spirit of Wiclif ,
to suppress him as a schismatic or innovator , perhaps neither the Bohemian
Husse and Terome , no , nor the name of Luther or of Calvin , had ever been
known .
... perverseness of our Prelates against the divine and admirable spirit of Wiclif ,
to suppress him as a schismatic or innovator , perhaps neither the Bohemian
Husse and Terome , no , nor the name of Luther or of Calvin , had ever been
known .
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... contemporary writer has transmitted to posterity , and in the Canterbury Tales
we view the pursuits and employments , the customs and diversions of the reign
of Edward III . , copied from the life , and represented with equal truth and spirit .
... contemporary writer has transmitted to posterity , and in the Canterbury Tales
we view the pursuits and employments , the customs and diversions of the reign
of Edward III . , copied from the life , and represented with equal truth and spirit .
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In these respects he resembled Chaucer , but he has little of his spirit ,
imagination , or elegance . His language is tolerably perspicuous , and his
versification often harmonious , but his poetry is of a grave and sententious turn .
He has much ...
In these respects he resembled Chaucer , but he has little of his spirit ,
imagination , or elegance . His language is tolerably perspicuous , and his
versification often harmonious , but his poetry is of a grave and sententious turn .
He has much ...
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No one can read it attentively without profit , and without acknowledging it to be
full of those profound observations and shrewd insights into human nature ,
which show the author to be a man of singular wisdom , and far in advance of the
spirit ...
No one can read it attentively without profit , and without acknowledging it to be
full of those profound observations and shrewd insights into human nature ,
which show the author to be a man of singular wisdom , and far in advance of the
spirit ...
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... the persecutions of Mary , he was singled out as one of the most desired
victims of popish vengeance . He might have made his escape , and the
opportunity which was given him seems to have been designed ; but Latimer had
the true spirit ...
... the persecutions of Mary , he was singled out as one of the most desired
victims of popish vengeance . He might have made his escape , and the
opportunity which was given him seems to have been designed ; but Latimer had
the true spirit ...
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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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