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 ... : Designed as a Text-book for the Highest Classes in Schools and for Junior Classes in Colleges, as Well as for Private Reading |
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... master John Wiclif translated out of Latin into English , the Gospel which Christ had intrusted with the clergy and doctors of the church , that they might minister it to the laity and weaker sort , according to the exigency of times ...
... master John Wiclif translated out of Latin into English , the Gospel which Christ had intrusted with the clergy and doctors of the church , that they might minister it to the laity and weaker sort , according to the exigency of times ...
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... master bequeathed him a small sum of money as a capital with which to trade . He was soon chosen by the Mercer's Company to be their agent in Holland and Flanders , in which countries he spent about twenty - three years . While there ...
... master bequeathed him a small sum of money as a capital with which to trade . He was soon chosen by the Mercer's Company to be their agent in Holland and Flanders , in which countries he spent about twenty - three years . While there ...
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... master of it , as then known . He first employed himself in translating from French into English , The Recuyell1 of the Histories of Troye , which was published at Cologne , 1471 , and is the first book ever printed in the English ...
... master of it , as then known . He first employed himself in translating from French into English , The Recuyell1 of the Histories of Troye , which was published at Cologne , 1471 , and is the first book ever printed in the English ...
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... masters , ye may then discharge us of them . But I would not that any man were suddenly sent away , he wot not whither . At my coming hither , I perceived none other but that I should tarry still with the king's grace . But now I shall ...
... masters , ye may then discharge us of them . But I would not that any man were suddenly sent away , he wot not whither . At my coming hither , I perceived none other but that I should tarry still with the king's grace . But now I shall ...
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... Master what shall I do ' to inheret eternall lyfe ? He sayd vnto him : What ys written in the lawe ? Howe redest thou ? And he answered and sayde : Thou shalt love thy lorde god ' wyth all thy hert ' and wyth all thy soule ' and with ...
... Master what shall I do ' to inheret eternall lyfe ? He sayd vnto him : What ys written in the lawe ? Howe redest thou ? And he answered and sayde : Thou shalt love thy lorde god ' wyth all thy hert ' and wyth all thy soule ' and with ...
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