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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... known . - SIR WALTER RALEIGH . More change has been made in this author than in any other , as I was able to procure a copy of Sir E. Brydges's edition of his works . " The Nymph's Reply " is now printed correctly , and every one must ...
... known . - SIR WALTER RALEIGH . More change has been made in this author than in any other , as I was able to procure a copy of Sir E. Brydges's edition of his works . " The Nymph's Reply " is now printed correctly , and every one must ...
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... known , but at a suitable age he entered the University of Oxford , where he soon distinguished himself , not only in the scholastic philosophy of the times , in which he surpassed all his contemporaries , but also in the study and ...
... known , but at a suitable age he entered the University of Oxford , where he soon distinguished himself , not only in the scholastic philosophy of the times , in which he surpassed all his contemporaries , but also in the study and ...
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... known of his personal history . The only work of consequence which he has left , is entitled " Bruce . " It is a metrical history of Robert the First ( 1306-1329 ) -of his exertions and achievements for the recovery of the independence ...
... known of his personal history . The only work of consequence which he has left , is entitled " Bruce . " It is a metrical history of Robert the First ( 1306-1329 ) -of his exertions and achievements for the recovery of the independence ...
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... known as " The Father of English poetry " — Geoffrey Chaucer . Warton , with great beauty and justice , has compared the appearance of Chaucer in our language to " a premature day in an English spring , after which the gloom of winter ...
... known as " The Father of English poetry " — Geoffrey Chaucer . Warton , with great beauty and justice , has compared the appearance of Chaucer in our language to " a premature day in an English spring , after which the gloom of winter ...
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... known chiefly as a poet , yet in his prose he equally excels all his contemporaries , thus verifying what we believe will be found to be a universal truth , that every good poet is no less distinguished for a clear and vigorous prose ...
... known chiefly as a poet , yet in his prose he equally excels all his contemporaries , thus verifying what we believe will be found to be a universal truth , that every good poet is no less distinguished for a clear and vigorous prose ...
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