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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... Night ... 202 The Sight of a great Library . 202 BEN JONSON 172 The Happy Man .. 203 Cupid . 172 Hymn to Cynthia . 173 Burns's Opinion of Happiness , ( note ) 203 Pleasure of Study and Contemplation 204 Prose Writings .. 173 Directions ...
... Night ... 202 The Sight of a great Library . 202 BEN JONSON 172 The Happy Man .. 203 Cupid . 172 Hymn to Cynthia . 173 Burns's Opinion of Happiness , ( note ) 203 Pleasure of Study and Contemplation 204 Prose Writings .. 173 Directions ...
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... Night - Piece .. 629 The Bible .... ........... 697 Scenery of the Alps . 631 An Ode ....... ...... 697 History of a Poet's Garden 631 Description of Milton's Residence ..... 698 All cannot be Poets .. 634 ROBERT BURNS .. 700 DAVID HUME ...
... Night - Piece .. 629 The Bible .... ........... 697 Scenery of the Alps . 631 An Ode ....... ...... 697 History of a Poet's Garden 631 Description of Milton's Residence ..... 698 All cannot be Poets .. 634 ROBERT BURNS .. 700 DAVID HUME ...
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... night of ignorance , and when the papal power was in its fullest strength . Wiclif , too , stood comparatively alone ; for though countenanced by the mother of the king , and by the power- ful Duke of Lancaster , yet he met with no ...
... night of ignorance , and when the papal power was in its fullest strength . Wiclif , too , stood comparatively alone ; for though countenanced by the mother of the king , and by the power- ful Duke of Lancaster , yet he met with no ...
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... night was come into that hostelry Well nine - and - twenty in a company Of sundry folk , by áventure yfall In fellowship , and pilgrims were they all That toward Canterbury woulden ride . The chambers and the stables weren wide , 3 And ...
... night was come into that hostelry Well nine - and - twenty in a company Of sundry folk , by áventure yfall In fellowship , and pilgrims were they all That toward Canterbury woulden ride . The chambers and the stables weren wide , 3 And ...
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... night . He then calls one or two of his trusty friends , and tells them that he was obliged This beste wedde to his wife , For elles he had lost his life . The maids of honor were then sent in ; Her ragges they anon off draw , And , as ...
... night . He then calls one or two of his trusty friends , and tells them that he was obliged This beste wedde to his wife , For elles he had lost his life . The maids of honor were then sent in ; Her ragges they anon off draw , And , as ...
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