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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... truth . CHARLES D. CLEVELAND . PHILADELPHIA , November 2 , 1847 . PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION . THOUGH it is but ten months since the first edition of fifteen hundred copies of the " Compendium " was published , it is now exhausted ...
... truth . CHARLES D. CLEVELAND . PHILADELPHIA , November 2 , 1847 . PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION . THOUGH it is but ten months since the first edition of fifteen hundred copies of the " Compendium " was published , it is now exhausted ...
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... Truth , Bryant , ( note ) .. 89 Times go by Turns .. Mercy .. 141 89 Scorn not the Least .............................. Content and Rich .. 90 Fame to be kept bright by Activity ... 141 The Commonwealth of Bees .. 90 Prose - Mary ...
... Truth , Bryant , ( note ) .. 89 Times go by Turns .. Mercy .. 141 89 Scorn not the Least .............................. Content and Rich .. 90 Fame to be kept bright by Activity ... 141 The Commonwealth of Bees .. 90 Prose - Mary ...
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... Truth - Studies and Preparation for his great work . Argument for the Liberty of the Press 265 Piscator . 305 261 Piscator and Milk - woman Exhortation to Contentment ยทยท 307 308 England and London . 266 Reform .. 309 The Power of Truth ...
... Truth - Studies and Preparation for his great work . Argument for the Liberty of the Press 265 Piscator . 305 261 Piscator and Milk - woman Exhortation to Contentment ยทยท 307 308 England and London . 266 Reform .. 309 The Power of Truth ...
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... sanctified By truth , shall spread throughout the world dispersed . " given to the English nation the first translation of the 22 [ RICHARD II . WICLIF . Gratitude due the Reformer (note) Wordsworth's Lines on Wiclif (note)
... sanctified By truth , shall spread throughout the world dispersed . " given to the English nation the first translation of the 22 [ RICHARD II . WICLIF . Gratitude due the Reformer (note) Wordsworth's Lines on Wiclif (note)
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... truth and freedom sufficeth not to 1 For this noble labor , which he completed in 1380 , he received abuse without measure from the priests . The following is but a mild specimen of papal rage . It is from one Henry Knyghton , a ...
... truth and freedom sufficeth not to 1 For this noble labor , which he completed in 1380 , he received abuse without measure from the priests . The following is but a mild specimen of papal rage . It is from one Henry Knyghton , a ...
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