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 80
... received his death - wound . The anecdote recorded of him in his dying moments , though it has been told a thousand times , must ever be repeated when Sidney's character is considered ; evincing , as it does , cha- racteristics ...
... received his death - wound . The anecdote recorded of him in his dying moments , though it has been told a thousand times , must ever be repeated when Sidney's character is considered ; evincing , as it does , cha- racteristics ...
Page 93
... received a grant of 3028 acres of land forfeited to the crown , as a reward for his services , provided he would return to Ireland to cultivate them . He accepted the conditions . The Castle of Kilcolman , in the county of Cork , was ...
... received a grant of 3028 acres of land forfeited to the crown , as a reward for his services , provided he would return to Ireland to cultivate them . He accepted the conditions . The Castle of Kilcolman , in the county of Cork , was ...
Page 94
... received a pension of £ 50 a year from Queen Elizabeth . The favorable manner in which " The Faerie Queene " was received , induced the publisher to collect and print the author's minor poems , which may be` found in the editions of his ...
... received a pension of £ 50 a year from Queen Elizabeth . The favorable manner in which " The Faerie Queene " was received , induced the publisher to collect and print the author's minor poems , which may be` found in the editions of his ...
Page 118
... received its name , was undoubtedly fictitious , and the real editor was John Rogers , who was burned at the stake in the reign of Mary . 1 In mentioning the several causes that made the age of Elizabeth so distinguished for its great ...
... received its name , was undoubtedly fictitious , and the real editor was John Rogers , who was burned at the stake in the reign of Mary . 1 In mentioning the several causes that made the age of Elizabeth so distinguished for its great ...
Page 119
... received , not only among the learneder sort , but gene- rally all England over , among all the people ; and with what greediness God's word was read , and what resort to places where the reading of it was . " During the reign of Edward ...
... received , not only among the learneder sort , but gene- rally all England over , among all the people ; and with what greediness God's word was read , and what resort to places where the reading of it was . " During the reign of Edward ...
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