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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... character of Wiclif was marked by piety , benevolence , and ardent zeal , to which was added great severity , and even austerity of manners , such as befitted the first great champion of religious liberty . In the extent and variety of ...
... character of Wiclif was marked by piety , benevolence , and ardent zeal , to which was added great severity , and even austerity of manners , such as befitted the first great champion of religious liberty . In the extent and variety of ...
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... character of historian and poet . As he flourished in the age im . mediately following that of his hero , he enjoyed the advantage of hearing , from eye - witnesses themselves , narratives of the war for liberty . As a his- tory , his ...
... character of historian and poet . As he flourished in the age im . mediately following that of his hero , he enjoyed the advantage of hearing , from eye - witnesses themselves , narratives of the war for liberty . As a his- tory , his ...
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... character of his Village Preacher , in the Deserted Village ? 2 Parishens - parishioners . lite - great and small . 6 Yaf - gave . 8 Sithes - times . 4 Suffisance - sufficiency . 7 Lewed - ignorant . 5 Much and 8 Accumbred - encumbered ...
... character of his Village Preacher , in the Deserted Village ? 2 Parishens - parishioners . lite - great and small . 6 Yaf - gave . 8 Sithes - times . 4 Suffisance - sufficiency . 7 Lewed - ignorant . 5 Much and 8 Accumbred - encumbered ...
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... character things in themselves seemingly discordant ; brilliant wit and purity of thought ; the ease of the 1 Inn . 2 Made provision for him . 8 See the admirable edition of the " Works of Surrey and Wyatt , " by George F. Nott , D. D. ...
... character things in themselves seemingly discordant ; brilliant wit and purity of thought ; the ease of the 1 Inn . 2 Made provision for him . 8 See the admirable edition of the " Works of Surrey and Wyatt , " by George F. Nott , D. D. ...
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... character , the celebrity he had acquired in military science in his command on the continent , his general abilities , his wit , learn- ing , and affability , were viewed with suspicion by the Earl of Hertford , the king's brother ...
... character , the celebrity he had acquired in military science in his command on the continent , his general abilities , his wit , learn- ing , and affability , were viewed with suspicion by the Earl of Hertford , the king's brother ...
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