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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... mind ; not one line which , " dying , I might wish to blot ; " - but that , on the contrary , it may render good service to the cause of sound education ; may exert , wherever read , a wholesome moral influ- ence ; and impress upon the ...
... mind ; not one line which , " dying , I might wish to blot ; " - but that , on the contrary , it may render good service to the cause of sound education ; may exert , wherever read , a wholesome moral influ- ence ; and impress upon the ...
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... mind will be found in this edition . The reader , however , must bear in mind that the most dis . tinguished female writers of England have been during the present century , into which it was not my purpose to enter . Fifth . This ...
... mind will be found in this edition . The reader , however , must bear in mind that the most dis . tinguished female writers of England have been during the present century , into which it was not my purpose to enter . Fifth . This ...
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... mind of the king against him ; and in April , 1546 , he was recalled from the continent , im- prisoned in Windsor Castle , 1 and in December of the same year was sent to the Tower . He was soon brought to trial . The accusations against ...
... mind of the king against him ; and in April , 1546 , he was recalled from the continent , im- prisoned in Windsor Castle , 1 and in December of the same year was sent to the Tower . He was soon brought to trial . The accusations against ...
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... mind were various ; his acquirements great . There was no polite or manly accomplishment in which he did not excel . He was master of the Latin , the French , the Italian , and the Spanish languages . He had a vigorous intellect , and a ...
... mind were various ; his acquirements great . There was no polite or manly accomplishment in which he did not excel . He was master of the Latin , the French , the Italian , and the Spanish languages . He had a vigorous intellect , and a ...
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... mind from wickedness to virtue , even as the child is often brought to take most wholesome things , by hiding them in such other as have a pleasant taste . For even those hard - hearted evil men , who think virtue a school name , and ...
... mind from wickedness to virtue , even as the child is often brought to take most wholesome things , by hiding them in such other as have a pleasant taste . For even those hard - hearted evil men , who think virtue a school name , and ...
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