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... other critical writers . Malorye , Sir Thomas . See Morte d'Arthur . Mandeville , The Voiage and Travaile of Sir John Maundeville , Kt . London , 1725 ; reprint , with Introduction , Notes , and WORKS CITED IN THESE LECTURES xi.
... other critical writers . Malorye , Sir Thomas . See Morte d'Arthur . Mandeville , The Voiage and Travaile of Sir John Maundeville , Kt . London , 1725 ; reprint , with Introduction , Notes , and WORKS CITED IN THESE LECTURES xi.
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... writers . Ohther's narrative in Alfred's Orosius , q.v. Orm or Ormin , The Ormulum , from the original manuscript , edited by R. M. White , Oxford , 1852 , 2 vols . 8vo . Otfrid , Krist , herausgegeben von Graff , Königsberg , 1831 , 1 ...
... writers . Ohther's narrative in Alfred's Orosius , q.v. Orm or Ormin , The Ormulum , from the original manuscript , edited by R. M. White , Oxford , 1852 , 2 vols . 8vo . Otfrid , Krist , herausgegeben von Graff , Königsberg , 1831 , 1 ...
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... writers of most other European countries have had their periods and their schools , when now classic , now romantic , now Gallic , and now Gothic influences predominated , and stamped with a special character , not merely the works of ...
... writers of most other European countries have had their periods and their schools , when now classic , now romantic , now Gallic , and now Gothic influences predominated , and stamped with a special character , not merely the works of ...
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... writers , then , were not habitually sunk in that humiliating submission to the papacy which long paralyzed the intellectual energy of other Christian races , and restrained them from the discussion of high and noble themes , nor was ...
... writers , then , were not habitually sunk in that humiliating submission to the papacy which long paralyzed the intellectual energy of other Christian races , and restrained them from the discussion of high and noble themes , nor was ...
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... contended , would otherwise have been smothered , modern independence of thought overawed , and modern elasticity of intellect crushed down , by - the luxuriant abundance , and authority , and weight of LECT . I. 11 LOSS OF EARLY WRITERS.
... contended , would otherwise have been smothered , modern independence of thought overawed , and modern elasticity of intellect crushed down , by - the luxuriant abundance , and authority , and weight of LECT . I. 11 LOSS OF EARLY WRITERS.
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