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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... rise up in solitary majesty amidst a host of prejudices and errors , com- bating intrepidly on one side , though assailed and weakened on another . The merit consists in setting the example ; in exhibiting a pattern after which others ...
... rise up in solitary majesty amidst a host of prejudices and errors , com- bating intrepidly on one side , though assailed and weakened on another . The merit consists in setting the example ; in exhibiting a pattern after which others ...
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... rise , and circling oceans flow ; Here naked rocks and empty wastes are seen , There tow'ry cities , and the forests green ; Here sailing ships delight the wand'ring eyes ; There trees , and intermingled temples rise . Temple of Fame ...
... rise , and circling oceans flow ; Here naked rocks and empty wastes are seen , There tow'ry cities , and the forests green ; Here sailing ships delight the wand'ring eyes ; There trees , and intermingled temples rise . Temple of Fame ...
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... rise Early as day : O happy exercise ! By thee come I to joy out of torment ; - But now to purpose of my first intent . Bewailing in my chamber thus alone , Despaired of all joy and remedy , For - tired of my thought , and woe - begone ...
... rise Early as day : O happy exercise ! By thee come I to joy out of torment ; - But now to purpose of my first intent . Bewailing in my chamber thus alone , Despaired of all joy and remedy , For - tired of my thought , and woe - begone ...
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... rising . His chief poems are THE THISTLE AND THE ROSE , THE DANCE , and THE GOLDEN TERGE . The Thistle and the Rose was occasioned by the marriage of James IV . of Scot- land with Margaret Tudor , the eldest daughter of Henry VII . of ...
... rising . His chief poems are THE THISTLE AND THE ROSE , THE DANCE , and THE GOLDEN TERGE . The Thistle and the Rose was occasioned by the marriage of James IV . of Scot- land with Margaret Tudor , the eldest daughter of Henry VII . of ...
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... : " Thy age like ours , O soul of Sir John Cheke , Hated not learning worse than toad or asp , When thou taught'st Cambridge and King Edward Greek . " THE NEW AND THE OLD RELIGION CONTRASTED . Ye rise 68 [ MARY , CHEKE .
... : " Thy age like ours , O soul of Sir John Cheke , Hated not learning worse than toad or asp , When thou taught'st Cambridge and King Edward Greek . " THE NEW AND THE OLD RELIGION CONTRASTED . Ye rise 68 [ MARY , CHEKE .
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