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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... Father On Milton ........ 349 of Periodical Writings . 403 Veni Creator Spiritus 349 The Dream 404 Enjoyment of the Present Hour re- The Death of his Father .. 405 commended 350 The Strength of True Love .. 405 His Prose Works . 351 The ...
... Father On Milton ........ 349 of Periodical Writings . 403 Veni Creator Spiritus 349 The Dream 404 Enjoyment of the Present Hour re- The Death of his Father .. 405 commended 350 The Strength of True Love .. 405 His Prose Works . 351 The ...
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... Father 691 Britain 624 Publication of his History . 692 The Village Preacher 625 Elegy on Mrs. Blaize . Prose Works 626 Completion of his History .. Invention and Use of Gunpowder 693 694 627 Life Endeared by Age .. 627 SIR WILLIAM ...
... Father 691 Britain 624 Publication of his History . 692 The Village Preacher 625 Elegy on Mrs. Blaize . Prose Works 626 Completion of his History .. Invention and Use of Gunpowder 693 694 627 Life Endeared by Age .. 627 SIR WILLIAM ...
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... Father of English poetry " — Geoffrey Chaucer . Warton , with great beauty and justice , has compared the appearance ... father of modern Italian poetry ; PETRARCH , ( 1304-1374 , ) the reviver of ancient learning , and the first founder ...
... Father of English poetry " — Geoffrey Chaucer . Warton , with great beauty and justice , has compared the appearance ... father of modern Italian poetry ; PETRARCH , ( 1304-1374 , ) the reviver of ancient learning , and the first founder ...
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... FATHER OF PRINTING ; to PETER SCHOEFFER that of FATHER OF LETTER - FOUNDING ; and to JOHN FAUST that of ENERGETIC PATRON , by whose pecuniary aid the wonderful discovery was brought rapidly to perfection . expense of time and labor ...
... FATHER OF PRINTING ; to PETER SCHOEFFER that of FATHER OF LETTER - FOUNDING ; and to JOHN FAUST that of ENERGETIC PATRON , by whose pecuniary aid the wonderful discovery was brought rapidly to perfection . expense of time and labor ...
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... father , heard of this thing , he be- came furiously wroth against his daughters , and anon would them all have brente . " But all the barons and lords of Syria counseled not so for to do such straitness3 to his own daughters ; but only ...
... father , heard of this thing , he be- came furiously wroth against his daughters , and anon would them all have brente . " But all the barons and lords of Syria counseled not so for to do such straitness3 to his own daughters ; but only ...
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