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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... seems to me , is a most curious and remarkable passage , for we must remember that it was written nearly one hundred and fifty years before the discovery of America . It proves , beyond a doubt , that Mandeville had a distinct idea of ...
... seems to me , is a most curious and remarkable passage , for we must remember that it was written nearly one hundred and fifty years before the discovery of America . It proves , beyond a doubt , that Mandeville had a distinct idea of ...
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... seem to have been very small . In Chaucer's " Troilus and Cresseide " we find the same place indifferently called a ... seems hers to be used as a musical term . Come , summer , come ! the sweet season and 1422-1461 . ] 39 JAMES I. OF ...
... seem to have been very small . In Chaucer's " Troilus and Cresseide " we find the same place indifferently called a ... seems hers to be used as a musical term . Come , summer , come ! the sweet season and 1422-1461 . ] 39 JAMES I. OF ...
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... me sigh . 7 This seems to mean complain ; but should it not rather be playen , to play or sport ? 8 Started back . 9 Then a little . 10 More . Why lest1 God make you so , my dearest heart 40 [ HENRY VI . JAMES I. OF SCOTLAND , '
... me sigh . 7 This seems to mean complain ; but should it not rather be playen , to play or sport ? 8 Started back . 9 Then a little . 10 More . Why lest1 God make you so , my dearest heart 40 [ HENRY VI . JAMES I. OF SCOTLAND , '
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... seems to me they must , the merit of the invention is due to John Guttenburg , of Mentz , who used them about 1440 : while Schoeffer , in conjunction with Faust , was the first who founded types of metal . From all the arguments and ...
... seems to me they must , the merit of the invention is due to John Guttenburg , of Mentz , who used them about 1440 : while Schoeffer , in conjunction with Faust , was the first who founded types of metal . From all the arguments and ...
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... seem to have been the great bond of union between the noble - hearted Surrey and himself . These were not with him qualities merely speculative ; they were vital principles , " God and goodness , " to use his perpetually pressing ...
... seem to have been the great bond of union between the noble - hearted Surrey and himself . These were not with him qualities merely speculative ; they were vital principles , " God and goodness , " to use his perpetually pressing ...
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