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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Page 87
... present cel.tury , however , it has revived , and has been rendered popu- lar by a series of distinguished writers , especially by Mr. Wordsworth . Read- " Specimens of Eng- lish Sonnets , " by Rev. Alexander Dyce , —a little book of ...
... present cel.tury , however , it has revived , and has been rendered popu- lar by a series of distinguished writers , especially by Mr. Wordsworth . Read- " Specimens of Eng- lish Sonnets , " by Rev. Alexander Dyce , —a little book of ...
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... present comfortable remedy at all times ready to be found . Hereof it is , that we covet to make the Psalms especially familiar unto all . This is the very cause why we iterate the Psalms oftener than any other part of Scripture besides ...
... present comfortable remedy at all times ready to be found . Hereof it is , that we covet to make the Psalms especially familiar unto all . This is the very cause why we iterate the Psalms oftener than any other part of Scripture besides ...
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... present word , He would prevent his sport . The English Earl , not fearing that , Did to the woods resort With fifteen hundred bow - men bold , All chosen men of might , Who knew full well in time of need To aim their shafts aright ...
... present word , He would prevent his sport . The English Earl , not fearing that , Did to the woods resort With fifteen hundred bow - men bold , All chosen men of might , Who knew full well in time of need To aim their shafts aright ...
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... present version , which a more advanced state of biblical science enables us to detect . The translators had not access to the various sources of biblical criticism and elucidation which we enjoy at the present day ; such as the ...
... present version , which a more advanced state of biblical science enables us to detect . The translators had not access to the various sources of biblical criticism and elucidation which we enjoy at the present day ; such as the ...
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... present permanent version has secured for our language what Tithonus begged of Aurora- immortality ; and secured , besides , what he forgot to ask - perpetual youth . But above all and beyond all this , it is THE GREAT LEVER FOR ...
... present permanent version has secured for our language what Tithonus begged of Aurora- immortality ; and secured , besides , what he forgot to ask - perpetual youth . But above all and beyond all this , it is THE GREAT LEVER FOR ...
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